Arctic Fox 32-5M, SRW Dodge 3500
Online owner's experiences with the Northwood Arctic Fox 32-5M fifth-wheel is pretty scarce, as is information on towing with SRW 3500s. Because this RV is heavy, pushing the limits of SRW territor...
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flyairam wrote:
Update: I just weighed my rig. The numbers are:
Full fresh water, full gray water, full black water. Full propane, all traveling gear, tools, chairs, etc. The aft platform was mounted to my rear receiver hitch and carried my full 40 pound spare propane tank. My scooter wasn't mounted but it's a known quantity, 270 pounds.
The front axle showed a drop of 20 pounds empty vs. loaded. Minor, if believable.
Pin: 3,620
Axles: 12,240
Total: 15,860
Simply dumping the gray/black tanks nets a loss of about 1000 pounds, but I wanted worst-case numbers.
We are soooo happy with this Arctic Fox...but they are heavy.
Randy
Randy, just wondering what you axle weights were on the TV, Ram put some pretty conservative weight numbers on their trucks before 2013, I suffer from that also with our 2001 2500 and a 12,360# GVWR 5er.
