Help with Possible Upgrade to 5th Wheel
I’m considering upgrading from my 2014 Heartland Trail Runner 27RKS to a 2018 5th wheel. My TV is a 2015 2500HD Doublecab Gasser with the standard 6.5 ft. box and 4.10 gears. I’ll be keeping it so I u...
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donn0128 wrote:laknox wrote:donn0128 wrote:
You have given basically useless information. What is the fivers GVWR? You will never tow a 7200 pound fiver. More likely its going to be close to 10,000 pounds. But, can you pull it? Probsbly. Will you like the experience? Maybe. That is an answer you have to make. Personally I would get more truck first, then shop for your "ideal" fiver.
Don, Rob did give the CCC of the FW he's looking at and, if you add them together, you get a GVW of 9,080 lbs. IMO, he's got enough truck, easily, for that load. He won't go fast, but the $7-8000 he won't spend on a diesel will buy a =lot= of gas (as my dad used to say). He'll also have quite a bit more payload with the gasser than with a diesel.
Lyle
Did you forget about pin weight? CCC, plus dry weight, plus pin weight, plus gives the non published GVWR.
I've =never= seen a FW that added the pin wt. to the CCC and dry wt. to get a "GVW". It's =always= been dry + CCC = GVW. Look up the specs for the FW that the OP's looking at and double-check.
Lyle
