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OK, here's a quick trip report. After extreme social distancing and boondocking in AZ and NM for 5 weeks in March and early April, including some isolated spots deep in the Kofa NWR, we abandoned ship and drove home to Maine in mid-April. We had begun our trip before the pandemic madness began...

Good question. I'm no engineer, but our Ranger's GVWR with the single parabolic spring is 6050 and the payload rating is 1530. With the camper on, the single leaf parabolic spring was still above the helper spring, so apparently we still had more payload capacity left.

Upgraded leaf springs were installed on our 2019 Ranger yesterday to better handle an 1,100-lb FWC Fleet shell load. The first photo below shows comparison between the stock single-leaf parabolic spring (bottom) and upgraded multi-leaf progressive spring (top). We've already seen a huge...

Stock Ranger single-leaf parabolic springs (below) versus multi-leaf progressive springs (above)

Update on our Ranger suspension testing. Our dealer (Main Line Overland) is recommending a leaf spring upgrade to provide better handling of a full load. Our stock Ranger suspension came rated with a 1,550 lb payload (which I understand is around 300 lbs higher than a comparable stock Tacoma)...

FYI, we're also going through the Ranger build-out process, updating on this thread: http://www.wanderthewest.com/forum/topic/18241-new-ford-ranger-fwc-fleet-installation/?p=216350

To raise the camper, FWC simply made the camper’s regular bed supports (the black laminated wood framing under the camper floor) about 1.5” thicker than normal. I suspect that added some weight to the shell as well.

Here are a couple of pix of our 2019 Ranger with our new FWC Fleet shell installed (not sure how this photo stuff is going to work - please have patience with a newbie.) Our Ranger is a 2019 XL 4x4 with the FX4 offroad package, and we just upgraded to Falken Wildpeak 265/70-17 E-rated...

2019 Ford Ranger with Four Wheel Camper Fleet shell installed

Yes, I'll be curious to see the leaf spring performance as well - I'm holding onto the option of adding some Hellwig helper springs once they become available, if we need them. But the info we have thus far indicate the Ranger suspension should be able to handle the FWC shell OK. Time will...

We just picked up our new Ford Ranger (!) and will be having our FWC Fleet shell installed on it next week. I'd be interested to hear from anyone else who is putting a FWC on a new Ranger, since ours apparently may be one of the first in the USA. Stay tuned as we move ahead with our shell...