Fifth wheel chucking
I cannot find a thread concerning this subject, so I would be interested in your opinions. I have a 2006 F250 (rear axle air bags) with a Reese sliding hitch and a 2000 Montana 3250RL. On a recent t...
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MrXtrucker wrote:
I looked up the factory specs for my Montana and from what I can figure my pin weight would be 21% with no load. Add water and supplies and I suspect it is about 22 or 23%(water tanks are up front along with 6 deep cycle batteries). I will scale the rig soon. I wonder if adjusting the air pressure in the truck air bags could help, I normally run about 50 psi. California has a 55 MPH speed limit when towing and I was running between 50 and 55 MPH, to answer a previous reply.
Factory specs are notorious for being shall we say 'on the light side' ,everybody that hits a cat scale is surprised -usally, by how much heaver they are ,I joke that I think they weigh these things 1/2 way down the line.
heres a example ,my pin weight according to the brochure is supposed to be 2800# ,turns out it was 4044# from a cat scale.
I was not really surprised.
