PULLING 20K OR BETTER
I'm hearing that you really need a MDT or HDT to pull a fifth wheel over 20k. The MDT is expensive and a used HDT is huge. Is there anybody out there pulling that weight with a 3500/4500 or 350/450 wi...
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Coach-man wrote:
In my travels since going full time I have seen, mostly Fords F450 & F550's towing faith wheels. I also saw a GMC 5500 set up for fifth wheel towing. I do not know their ratings, but they have to be above a 350/3500! And they appear, at least outwardly to be stout pickups! Are these rigs considered HDT/MDT's?
NC Hauler has a good point, even though we are full timers, we still have to go grocery shopping, Church, and sight seeing. So for me a pickup that I can easily park is toward the top when I am considering what to tow with!
Just for fun compare a RAM 3500 to a F350/450 side by side. You will notice the only thing on the Fore that is larger is the rear axle on the F450. Even then it only has a 9,100# RAWR.
The rAM 3500's are no doubt a 4500 with 3500 badging and a 14K rating to keep it in the class 3 no different than what the F450 does. Every single 450 I have seen pulling a DRV has had bags added. Hopefully the 17's have addressed this.
