Open Range?
I'm new to RVing. I'm a catastrophic insurance adjuster and have to travel around alot and I'm completely tired of living in hotels. :) Towing shouldn't be an issue as I drive a 2500HD Silverado wit...
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dfm wrote:
The 385 RLS has a gvw of 13940 pounds. You will never tow an empty trailer. So calculate your pin weight off the gvw rating for the trailer. 20% is 2780 pounds. 25% is 3485 pounds. I have not often seen a loaded 5'er near the 20% figure. You have a large cargo area in a 385 rls and nobody leaves it empty. A majority of That weight will go to the pin. I would bet most people would be closer to 3000, or more, pin weight on that 385rls.
Take your truck to a scale loaded with what will go in the truck. Your 5'er hitch will weigh closer to 200 pounds. Then you will have a better cargo capacity number for the truck and what your max pin weight should be.
I think you will find that your truck will weigh near 7600 to 7750 with full tank,5'er hitch at 200 pounds and every pound you add into the truck before hooking up the 5'er. With a 10,000 gvw for the truck
You will have a max of 2400 to 2250 allowable pin weight IMHO.
Yup, those are the numbers I come up with too. To me, it's doable, but definitely not optimal. And I need to look into the insurance thing that the other commenter mentioned. I only do structure, but I have some buddies in auto so I need to see if they'd deny if the numbers aren't spot on.
The only good thing for me is that I don't travel a lot. I'll travel to our location and stay for 6 months or so at a time. If I moved around a lot, this would definitely not be an option. Right now, it's a slight maybe. I could also shift storage to the rear during travel if needed to help out on the numbers....but that would be a PITA.
