5th wheels on pismo

A FW will carry 20-25 percent of it's weight on the truck, compared to a TT that has 10-13 percent on the truck. How heavy is your TT, and how is that working for you in the sand?

Jerry

Seen some UGLY pictures of RV mired in the sand on Pismo beach.

You have a F250 and want,to tow a 15K fiver? I think you have way more to worry about that trying to get it on the sand.

X2 on Don’s comment, and some days yes and some days no. Depends on the sand, depth of the creek and the driver.

donn0128 wrote:
You have a F250 and want,to tow a 15K fiver? I think you have way more to worry about that trying to get it on the sand.

Took the words right out of my mouth!!! But hey a set of bags n 19.5's will get er dun.

Perhaps I didnt give the right info - my husband knows all that technical stuff so keep that in mind. I’m just asking to get an idea. just looked at the specs of what we want and am trying to foresee if we’ll need to give up one of our favorite vacations if I want to upgrade to a luxury unit. Why wouldn’t a diesel f250 be able to tow this?

12,362 lbs.
GVWR
14,495 lbs.
Hitch Weight
2,496 lbs.

Captn_trvl wrote:
Perhaps I didnt give the right info - my husband knows all that technical stuff so keep that in mind. I’m just asking to get an idea. just looked at the specs of what we want and am trying to foresee if we’ll need to give up one of our favorite vacations if I want to upgrade to a luxury unit. Why wouldn’t a diesel f250 be able to tow this?

12,362 lbs.
GVWR
14,495 lbs.
Hitch Weight
2,496 lbs.

Towing a fifth wheel is NEVER the issue. Load carrying capacity is.
If you bought that fiver, and if it once loaded with stuff weighs 14,000 then you will have at minimum 2800 pounds of hitch weight. Depending on your trucks year you could have a true load carrying capacity close to 2000 pounds. In other words your truck could be overloaded around a thousand pounds before you fill the fuel tank, load your personal stuff, or add anything above and beyond a 150 pound driver. That means you get to go, but hubby would have to stay home.

Never look at dry or brochure weight and think you have things covered. No one will ever travel with a dry trailer. You always want to consider worst case. Do you have enough truck to handle worst case?

We just looked at our truck details and total tow capacity is 27,500
Payload for single rear wheel is 3480. It’s a 2018

Does that indicate anything more? Thanks for the info too. I’m learning as we go

What is the trucks GVWR? What does the truck weigh loaded ready to travel?
B minus A will tell you the true net payload

Sounds to me like another mired in the sand on Pismo beach. Be sure to post pictures or do a You-Tube video. Sure it will be interesting to watch. probably not interesting for you though most likely expensive.,

My philosophy is, you can tow anything with anything but can you stop it or be evasive in an emergency? Only you know the answer.