Originally Posted by Mike B
32vid,

This will be hard for us to answer without a lot more info. It's all about the weight of the entire package...putting a 2000 pound oven up front might be fine if your putting 2000 pounds of firewood on the rear.

Is it safe to assume you have the 160" wheel base truck? If so the GVW for that truck should be 15,000 pounds. With a curb weight of about 5,255 pounds. The 4.500 pound front axle is carrying 2,400 pounds and the 12,500 pound rear axle is carrying 2,855 pounds, so the max payload is about 9,700 pounds. So you can distribute the load to add 2000 pounds to the front axle and 7,700 to the rear.

So, what does the entire cooking package weigh (oven, coolers, propane tank, food etc.)?

Mike B smile

160 wb, 15,000 gvw.

Oven weighs 3,000 lb.

There will be 4 underbed storage boxes that are 4' L 18" H 18" D, two on each side, one in front and behind the rear wheels.

One box will be filled with fire wood. Another box will hold the generator. No propane. Water pump, on demand water heater, small three compartment sink, a 48" L 30" H 30" D refrig weighs 250 lb.

Behind the rear end and between the two rear underbed boxes wll be a 20 gal fresh water tank an a 25 gallon grey water/holding tank.