How much 5th Wheel can I tow with my truck
Currently I have a Forest River Hemisphere GLX that weighs in the neighborhood of 8500LB dry and about 9500LB loaded. I do not travel with water other than a couple of gallons in the black tank to slo...
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Coach-man wrote:
OK, a 5th wheel is not a “trailer” and it is not have anything to do with “how much can my truck tow”! A couple of years ago, they had a ½ ton Toyota towing the space shuttle! A 5th wheel puts approximately 25% of its loaded weight on your rear axel.
1, a fifth wheel isn't a "trailer"?
2, the pin weight is highly variable. I've seen anywhere from 15%-25%.
It all comes down to the individual rig. One thing I'll do is run a rig's dry weights through a calculator to estimate/extrapolate it's wet/loaded weight:
http://towingplanner.com/Estimators/TonguePinWeightFromDry
