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I have a question. I'm looking at purchasing a 12k dry weight 15k loaded weight 5th wheel camper. The guy at camping world says it would be no problem towing it with my 2008 gmc 2500 4x4 4door. It h...
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dturne69 wrote:
Truck is a sle version. Has 17" wheels from the factory. Right off the data plate it says
Gvwr 9200
Gawr frt 4860
Gawr rr 6084.
265 70 17 wheels.
All the other info I pulled off the vin number decoder. All the 5th wheel weight I pulled off a website that gives that info.
The weights and limits I listed are correct. Not guesses.
One guy commented my pin weight could be 3700. If the manufacture says its 2526 is it possible that the pw increases with weight? It would seem that would be the maximum.
Any thoughts.
17" wheels and tires the forgotten size. The highest rated tires in that size are 3195.
So your first question is do you want to ignore GVWR of the truck and work with only Rear GAWR for loading? Family of 5!!!! You may not want to run on the ragged end of weights.
The weights I posted earlier of the real whole weights that your are forget the low numbers you have come up with, as they are not what you will see at the scales. Chris
