Big Horn 3260 towing

KenMont wrote:
Need some realistic advice. Does anyone successfully pull a Big Horn 3260 5th wheel with a 3/4 ton truck?

I have a 2007 GMC 4-wheel longbed Duramax Diesel that currently pulls a 2013 Evergreen Bay Hill 320RS that has given my wife and me nothing but grief. The Bay Hill has a GVWR of about 14,100. The dry hitch weight is slightly over 2000 pounds. My truck pulls the RV easily.

According to the trailer sticker, the actual dry weight of the Big Horn was 11,600 pounds with a GVWR of 14,000, pretty much the same as the Bay Hill. When loaded,I would think the Big Horn could put a major strain on the hitch.

Any thoughts would be very much appreciated.

Lucy & Ken

Do yourself a favor, forget the "dry weights"...The GVW of 14,100#, IF you loaded to GVW, (which most don't), could give you a pin weight of 2800#.

All that being said, I did tow a Coachmen Somerset with an 03' Chevy 2500 D/A, 4X4 Short bed extended Cab. The Coachmen had a GVW of 14,500#, I loaded to around 13,000# and pin weight was a tad of 2600#....When I weighed, I was over the trucks GCWR, but not by much and I was over the trucks GVWR by around 900#, but was still under it's RAWR....It towed ok, but I worried enough to where I purchased my first dually in 05'.

As Rick stated, if you're going to tow approx. the same weight 5er as you have now, and you have no issues, then go for it....Only thing I noticed with mine, it did push me around a couple of times when having to come to a sudden stop....