Wallowa said:
1) The camper is nearly empty....it will I assume not stay that way...so your 250 lbs will be more than off-set when the camper gets loaded....good on you for thinking this through
2) but at the end of the day is it getting "4 lbs of ---- into a 3 lb bag"...yes, it can be done...but should it be...
3) I of course could be entirely wrong and this may make a great off road vehicle...
1) Since I have a front hitch and a hitch rack; I plan using that for carrying water/fuel/future generator.
2) Such as life of an off roader!
Seriously though; since I want to live and not put people around me in peril, I am thinking this through as much as possible utilizing 45 years of off roading vehicle knowledge.
3) You bring up a good/philosophical point:
Barring safety; where does one draw the line?
Example:
I'm on this RV/camping website and one other.
One theme that is repeated over and over again on both sites is a truck camper set-up packed for a trip and is overloaded; exceeding it's GCWR.
My educated W.A.G. is that AT LEAST 60+% of trucker campers, in general, exceed their GCWR on a regular basis.
Then there's me; taking a .25 ton rig and making it hold 1+ tons.
The front frame rails of my Bronco, firewall forward, is shared with the F-350.
However; behind said firewall all the way to the tailgate, the frame rails are shared with the F-150.
I installed 1 ton leaf springs and a 1 ton dually axle in the rear; yet it's still mounted to a .25 ton frame.
I installed HMMWV tires that easily handle, and exceeds, my set up.
I installed 5.13 gear to put engine performance back to ideal RPM range.
Both these examples; where does one draw the line at being acceptable?
Because both can be argued as being dangerous/unacceptable.
Both are examples of exceeding GCWRs.