5th Wheel Age
Ok, DW and I are moving up to 5th wheels from a TT. We are about 10 years out from retirement, so this is where my questions comes from. We are thinking about buying a new full time 5th wheel and...
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ldmc wrote:
As for the Truck, I have been watching the weights of the full time rigs and there are many out there that are well within the ratings of the truck, but thanks for the input on it. We just don't want a Dually so that just makes our choices limited a little.
The problem with a single rear wheel truck is not how much it will pull (trailer tow rating), it's how much it will carry (GVWR and rear GAWR ratings). There are a lot of threads here that deal with sizing a tow vehicle and a 5th wheel, so I won't go into that, but be sure to work off the trailer's GVWR, not its dry weights, since you'll be full-timing in it, and figure 20-23% of the GVWR will be pin weight that must be carried by the truck.
I'm not aware of "many full time rigs that are well within the ratings" of a SRW truck. I guess that depends on what one considers to be a full-time rig....
Rusty
