Fifth wheel too heavy for my truck?
Hello all, I am new to the forums and looking for some help. I currently own a 2008 GMC Sierra 2500hd 4x4 w/ duramax/Allison. I am thinking about trading in my travel trailer for a fifth wheel, but ...
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MFL wrote:
Welcome to the forum! Yes your 2008 2500 with D/A, should be able to handle that size FW. Many of the FWs, with a GVWR of less than 10K are advertised as 1/2 ton towable. Although in many cases, that is a bit of a stretch. When most half tons reach their GVWR, they are near RAWR, when towing a FW, so not usually a good fit.
If you had that FW fully loaded to 9,900, you'd be closing in on 2K pin wt, plus the hitch of near 200 lbs. As you already know, you will likely go over the GVWR of the truck, when adding family. You will not even be close to the rear RAWR of 6K+, and should be well under tire max rating also. Most of the pin wt will stay on your rear axle, very little change to front axle wt.
You will enjoy towing a FW!
Jerry
I concur.
