How much truck do I need for a 23K 5th wheel?
I currently have a Cedar Creek 36CKTS which when loaded with a couple of weeks worth of stuff weighs about 15K- 3k is on the hitch and 12k on the axles according to the scale. I'm pulling it with a F3...
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Absolutely to be SAFE, move up to at least, a MDT truck like a Chevy Kodiak 4500, or a Ford F-650 to safely handle that kind of weight and length of a 5th wheel. IMO anything less then that would be criminal to try and tow a 5th wheel that size. We'd researched 5th wheels to full time in and several were slightly less in GVW then that and I couldn't consider anything less then a MDT for the safety of my family and the traveling public. Yes maybe Ford/Chevy and Dodge show there 350/3500 series vehicles as being able to tow that weight BUT that's with a truck totally empty of everything except a 150lb. driver.
