fifth wheel for 1/2 ton pickups

late bloomer wrote:
I know that purchasing a fifth wheel usually requires a heavy duty TV. Currently I have a 08 Tundra 5.7. I really like this truck (and it's paid for so that's a bonus), and I have been noticing that some 5th wheels are being targeted as 1/2 ton compatible. Has anyone purchased one of these? I would like some opinions.

If you had one of the three American (actually one of those is Italian) 1/2 ton pickups then there might be a few new 5th wheels (Evergreen makes that claim) that you could tow. Plus there are lighter very old fivers. Tho I'd be really careful to check weights before I believed a salesman.

But Toyota pickups are very deficient in carry weight and that is the prime number that tells you what fiver you can tow. Remember that the hitch along can weigh 200 pounds for a fiver.