Slide on campers, How stable is your vehicle with these on the back?

Yeah Axle, the slide on campers pretty well max out the GMV when fully loaded. I have added airbag suspension which helps to fix the body roll you get with a heavy load on the back.

I don't know which is worse - a heavy slide on camper or towing a heavy camp trailer.

Cheers

David

not a problem with the right vehicle!



have fun
gmd

Hi Axle

Had an older style on my Rodeo for a while. It was heavy 700kgs and had a high centre of gravity.

It was unnerving to drive but was ok after a while. I sold it cause it was too high on the ute and would catch the wind blowing the fuel economy.

Best part of it was I could tow the boat

No issues if you keep them low like mine & throw on a set of Load assist air bags

Cheers Tony

Hi Axle
My set up is the same as David & Tony's and have no problems when set up properly. GMD's is set up properly also, big slide on, big ute, but slide ons like GMD's on smaller utes makes you wonder about their stability.

Murray

G'day Axle, the first slide ons, to my knowlege were made to fit into the first Falcon utes with the tail gate down. They were actually lifted on either side with independently operated hand winches on a vertcal tripod mounted steel pole and the ute was then reversed under the camper. The original Falcons were built to carry the 700kgs. I still own one which I bought for $1000.00 around 1978 and have carried it on a Holden one tonner with air shocks and a Datsun 1tonne with air shocks. The Datsun certainly wallowed on the corners. I now have it mounted in a braked tandem trailer.

Hi Axle,

We have a slide-on camper and one of the main considerations was the weight and height. Many of the slide-on's on the market (including one of the most popular one) are unable legally to be carried (above GVM) by the majority of utilities on the market, once you fill the water tank and load up some supplies.

Also there have been plenty of threads on the problems with chassis break's on ute's (all makes equally affected) and the compounding effect airbags can have on this.

We have upgraded our suspension and try hard to keep the weight down - unlike several other setups we have seen during our travels.

If you are considering or have a slide-on consider your weight, GVM, suspension setup and selection of slide-on. There are many good options out there for slid-ons, and there are many benefits such as towing a boat and access to 4WD locations.

Cheers, Geoff

We have a slide on (Ezi-up from C & M Campers) on our GU .... ute has HD springs & Polyairs as well as gas shockies (bought for CSR) .... doesn't wallow - actually sits nice & level & smooths the ute ride nicely . Had chassis reinforced with the ATOC kit - and a GCM upgrade .