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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JIMNLIN wrote:Looking at buying a 5th wheel for full timing, narrowed down to mobile suites or lifestyle, their gvwr are around 14000-16000 give or take.
when looking a trucks to buy to pull, i'm looking at 350/3500,crew cab, 4x4, each will be almost the max 5th wheel tow capacity, and will exceed the CGVW.
I don't know what your sousre for weights is but this is according to GM/Ford and RAm websites spec pages.
A 14k-16K 5th wheel trailer can equate 20 percent pin weights from 2800 lbs to 3200 lbs.
The F350 DRW and GM 3500 DRW both show around 22k-23k lb tow ratings. They both show those big 9600-9800 lb RAWR for carrying much heavier loads than the above pin weights.
The Ram 3500 DRW crew cab 4x4 has up to a 29k lb tow rating with a 9750 RAWR which also will carry much heavier pin weights.
You sure don't need a HDT size truck for just a 14k-16k trailer.
Agree, and I'm wondering with the weights the OP gave, if they're using "dry" or "empty" weights as opposed to GVWR of the unit....The 5er's OP is talking about have got to be heavier than what he/she is stating...My 5er has a GVW of 16,950#, and the units OP mentioned are normally heavier than my unit.
