Opinion on weights for TV/5th wheel combo

goducks10 wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
The GVWR of that 5vr is 14K......

I tow a 14K 5vr with my 3500 Diesel 4:10........I am right at RAWR/Rear Tire MAX Load Ratings and I would NOT tow it with a 2500.

Sorry...too much trailer.

Stick with a 5vr that has a GVWR of 12K or less if using 2500

There's only 200lb difference between the 2500 and 3500 on RAWR. Tires will cure that.

OP won't be towing 14,000lbs, at the most 12,000. Certainly within the 2500 specs.

GVWR's are useless. If a 5'er has a UVW of 10,000lbs and has GVWR of 12,500 that's okay. But if a 5'er has a 10,000lb UVW and has a GVW of 14,000lbs that's not okay? GVWR is only good for figuring out how much CCC a trailer has. My 5'er has a 4315lb CCC. I will never load that much stuff in it. But using the 11,500lb GVWR and 20% pin weight rule I would be over the trucks GVW before I even set foot in it. As it is the pin is 1800lbs because the GVWR doesn't come into play. 5'er weighs 9000lbs loaded, not 11,500lbs.

Actually, with the Reflection (14K GWWR I'd be towing approx. 12500lbs when loaded. This puts 2500# on the truck just on its own not including people and dog and any gear I may have in the truck which is my Max payload.
With the Crusader (12500 GVWR) I'll be towing approx. 11300# which would give me a pin weight of about 2250#. This gives me a bit more wiggle room, because I know that the weight in the cab of the truck is not all on the rear axle,so this should keep me under the GRAWR of 6100#.