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You can try it, but I'm guessing that if you go anywhere hilly you'll want a bigger truck. The camper may weigh 1900 lbs, but that's before Mrs. Hank fills up the cupboards and fridge and before you add all the stuff you gotta have when you go camping. Here's how truck weight ratings work (as I understand them). Look on the decal on the driver's door jamb. Find the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR). Now take your empty truck to the local gravel pit or port of entry and ask if you can run it across their scales. Take the GVWR and subtract what your truck weighs with you in it. To be safe subtract your wife's weight, too (be honest about it, but don't tell her). The result is what your truck should theoretically be able to safely handle. Can it handle more? Yeah, probably. But if you're involved in an accident and the report states you were overweight, you've given the authorities more ammo against you and the insurance company a reason not to pay a claim. When we bought our camper we went whole hog. The beast weighs almost 3000 lbs all by itself. It's rated as a 12 footer, but overal length with the extended cabover is over 19'. We had a Dodge 3/4 ton truck at the time and I had to install an onboard airbag system just to level the truck. After about a year of messing with that I upgraded to a 1 ton dually and am very glad I did. Also, did you know that a 4x4 truck and a 4x2 truck have the same GVWR but the 4x4 weighs more so is rated to haul less than the 2 wheel drive? For that reason I purposely bought a 2wd dually. Not easy to find something like that around here. People here figure if it ain't 4 wheel drive, it ain't a truck.
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