Newbies seeking guidance! Where to start????
Hi everyone My wife and I recently took a road trip from Mobile, AL to Victoria, B.C. 7183 miles round trip in 21 days via Vegas, Death Valley, Yosemite,Yellowstone, etc, etc. We stayed in hotels a...
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I assume you have a 2500HD. If so, do not believe the trailering guide.
Basic rule of thumb, a 3/4 ton is capable of hauling around 10,000 pound GVWR fifth wheel
a 1 ton SRW is capable of around 12,500-13,000 pound fiver.
One ton dually us necessary for anything heavier.
The real killer when attempting to pull a fifth wheel is pin weight. or a 15K GVWR fifth wheel your will have over 3000 pounds of pin weight. That is in addition to the hitch, 250-350 pounds, passengers, and additional cargo you might have on board above the basic stripped truck, one 150 pound driver and a 1/4 tank of gas. In other words if you have a 2500HD fully loaded by the time you add passengers, fuel, hitch, tools, fire wood etc, in the real world you need to start looking for a fiver under 10,000 pounds GVWR.
Or do what we did, buy too big of a fiver, then spend countless dollars attempting to "make do" and in the end trade for a truly capable truck.
Basic rule of thumb, a 3/4 ton is capable of hauling around 10,000 pound GVWR fifth wheel
a 1 ton SRW is capable of around 12,500-13,000 pound fiver.
One ton dually us necessary for anything heavier.
The real killer when attempting to pull a fifth wheel is pin weight. or a 15K GVWR fifth wheel your will have over 3000 pounds of pin weight. That is in addition to the hitch, 250-350 pounds, passengers, and additional cargo you might have on board above the basic stripped truck, one 150 pound driver and a 1/4 tank of gas. In other words if you have a 2500HD fully loaded by the time you add passengers, fuel, hitch, tools, fire wood etc, in the real world you need to start looking for a fiver under 10,000 pounds GVWR.
Or do what we did, buy too big of a fiver, then spend countless dollars attempting to "make do" and in the end trade for a truly capable truck.
