Please help.... TV weight question?

bryguy1822 wrote:
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

Be happy to respond. Your pin weight will be 20% - 25% of the Toy Haulers total weight once its loaded and going down the road. Its brochure weight is 8580, it will likely weigh 3,000 or more pounds above that once you put toys in it, plus groceries, camping stuff, bedding, clothes, etc., etc., etc.

Take 8580 + 3000 = 11,580 x 22% = 2545± pin weight.

Its not hard to put 2,000 lbs of stuff in a RV that size (not counting toys). Add a couple of 4 Wheelers and you got 3,000 lbs. Pin weight will vary and can only be a guess at this point. But it shouldn't be less than 20% of whatever the loaded weight of the toy hauler is. It is likely to be more than 20%.