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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JIMNLIN wrote:
Ram gives your 2500 truck a 6500 rawr that will carry all the pin weight plus the hitch and junk in the bed.
These trucks rear axle may weigh in the 2900-3000 lb range leaving around 3400-3500 lb in the bed payloads.
Tires and wheels are rated to the truck highest gawr...not the yellow sticker or gvwr.
RAWR = the lessor of the vehicles tires/wheels/brakes/rear suspension/rear axle assy.
The 3/4 ton diesel equipped truck is without doubt the most under rated LDT on the road.
X2, get the truck weight for each axle. Your rear axle weight is likely around 3000 lbs and with a 6500 lb GAWR, you have about 3500 lbs before exceeding tires, axles, suspension. Also, what weight is your truck registered for? If it is 10K lbs, you might be able to increase it. As long as you don't exceed tire ratings or registered weight, you should be legal.
Several have posted that the loaded pin weight will be more than the listed dry pin weight. But most are talking about conventional fifth wheels. With a toy hauler, loaded pin weight will vary significantly in how it is loaded. If you have very little weight in normal gear, but load 2-3K lbs in the garage, pin weight could go down. You can't really know actual pin weight til you own the unit, load it how you intend on using it and then hit the CAT scales.
