Is This Enough Truck for 5th Wheel??

Unfortunately, Forest River advertises the Rockwood Signature Ultra Lights as "half ton towable." While the Rockwoods technically might fall just within the towing capacity of certain newer, beefy half-ton pickups (150/1500), such an arrangement compromises your braking and suspension components a bit too much for my tastes. Going down the road at 55 in the sunshine is one thing, but driving on a mountain road with a loaded trailer means I want some extra capability for braking and suspension between me and that big ravine on the right. Thus the 3/4 ton (250/2500) models are the minimum size pickup model I would go with for a Rockwood fifth wheel. Going to a 1 ton (350/3500) model gives you still better suspension (though braking and engine power is pretty similar). My Rockwood 8282 has a dry weight of 7,900 lbs. and a gross trailer weight of 9,200, but I pull it with a 2008 4WD Dodge Cummins turbo diesel 3500 megacab dually. My tow vehicle (8,200#'s) weighs more than the fifth wheel's dry weight! I was glad for it when I mistakenly took a logging road with multiple steep 180 degree switchbacks in the Great Smoky Mountains. My Cummins pulled me up some steep switchbacks without an issue (but for my own regret about not studying the map more closely).