Considering 5th wheel - weight check please.
Greetings All. We are considering upgrading to a FW from our current 23' Hybrid TT (wife is tired of dealing with the tent bunk ends). Anyway, because of a litany of mechanical issues with my olde...
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Dougie123 wrote:
Thanks all. Appreciate the honest feedback. One question that might put this entire thing to bed, is regarding rear hitch on the 5er.
With the lite 5’ers, do they come with a welded on hitch? I need a hitch on the rear to mount up 4 bikes, and some forums are saying that most DONT because of weight savings.
If this is the case, 5’er option is out.
Thank all for your help.
Regarding the weight on the rear hitch of the 5er, consider that anything you load behind the trailer's axles will REDUCE pin weight. Pin weight is your main issue, not total trailer weight. So loading behind the trailer axles helps that issue. The flip side is that too light a pin weight can cause handling and ride issues.
I'm soon getting a much older F250 with an even lower GVWR of 8800 (but with a higher RGAWR, figure that one out) and I would not hesitate to tow an 11K GVWR fifth wheel. In fact, I hope to get one eventually and I think it will be a great match for my truck.
