5th wheel weights and trucks to tow?????
I'm sure i'm about to ask the million $ question, not the question worth a million but the one asked a million times. Looking at buying a 5th wheel for full timing, narrowed down to mobile suites ...
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I'm not sure which Mobile Suites model you're considering, but our 2014.5 38RSSA has a 19,000 lb GVWR. The Elite Suites 38RSSA has a 21,000 lb GVWR. If that scares you, don't look at any of the 41' or 43' models! You'll be looking at new duallies with 30,000 lb GCWR or more to tow an ES 38RSSA if you want to stay within the truck's rated GCWR and you load the 5th wheel up to or approaching its GVWR.
As far as the truck's GVWR/RAWR is concerned, if you loaded a ES 38RSSA up to 21,000 lbs, the pin weight would be at least 5,000 lbs as the total GAWR is 16,000 lbs (2 x 8K rated MorRyde independent suspension "axles").
With the new 5th wheel, we're over our truck's 26,000 lb GCWR (see signature) if we were to load the MS up to its rated GVWR, but that's not a recommendation for anyone else to get into that situation.
Rusty
As far as the truck's GVWR/RAWR is concerned, if you loaded a ES 38RSSA up to 21,000 lbs, the pin weight would be at least 5,000 lbs as the total GAWR is 16,000 lbs (2 x 8K rated MorRyde independent suspension "axles").
With the new 5th wheel, we're over our truck's 26,000 lb GCWR (see signature) if we were to load the MS up to its rated GVWR, but that's not a recommendation for anyone else to get into that situation.
Rusty
