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webejpn
Explorer
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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ford_truck_guy
Nomad
Jul 26, 2017
webejpn wrote:
Why is my truck not enough?
Unloaded its 8300. Hitch weight is 1300.
Last time I weighed our gear we were under 1000lbs.


advertised pin weight is 1300# DRY... ADD your 1000# = 2300# . . Noe add your hitch #, and your family . . NOW look on your door sticker and see what your allowable payload is?

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