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webejpn
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Jul 26, 2017

Did I just buy a 5th wheel?!?!?! What did I get into?

Some background. Been camping all my life. We recently sold our travel trailer that was sitting on some land we owned. We sold it with the land because I had no way to tow it hence why it sat at tha...
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kerrlakeRoo
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Jul 26, 2017
At a glance the Arctic wolf's GVWR of 11,519 seems a bit much for the Chevy with its 10,000 tow cap.
Also your pin weight empty of 1300 empty, by the time you add a hitch, load batteries, and fill the basement and water tanks will get hard on a payload of about 2100 in the truck.
Nice looking unit though.

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