Please help.... TV weight question?
Hello all. New to diesel trucks and never pulled a 5th wheeler. I do have plenty of years behind a 1500 gasser and travel trailers. Experience aside, here are the numbers. Can I safely tow this 5t...
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Thank you all for taking the time to respond.
I appreciate those that offered help and even those passing judgement :-). I don't own the 5th wheeler so I didn't "pick the wrong truck" and i'm not going to "do it anyways". Hence the reason I joined the forum and am asking questions..... I was simply looking for responses providing information about my numbers. I wanted to make sure I was calculating things correctly and if not, was hoping one would explain what I was doing wrong.
For example: I thought the pin weight would be the 2120 + the b&w hitch weight of 305 = 2425. Providing i don't add anything else to the bed of the truck. eHoefler said it will be in the 3k lbs area. And troubledwaters said "you thinking the pin weight is only going to be 2120". So would either of you care to explain? This is what i'm looking for. TIA
I appreciate those that offered help and even those passing judgement :-). I don't own the 5th wheeler so I didn't "pick the wrong truck" and i'm not going to "do it anyways". Hence the reason I joined the forum and am asking questions..... I was simply looking for responses providing information about my numbers. I wanted to make sure I was calculating things correctly and if not, was hoping one would explain what I was doing wrong.
For example: I thought the pin weight would be the 2120 + the b&w hitch weight of 305 = 2425. Providing i don't add anything else to the bed of the truck. eHoefler said it will be in the 3k lbs area. And troubledwaters said "you thinking the pin weight is only going to be 2120". So would either of you care to explain? This is what i'm looking for. TIA
