Purchasing a Fifth Wheel
Well here we are ready to purchase a fifth wheel. We are not full timers and we do have a budget we want to stay in. We have been looking at fifth wheels for many years and now with the TV paid for we...
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flyinjake wrote:
Thanks for the continued responses.
Our TV is a 07 Dodge 2500 CTD and our confident it will pull anything that we will buy. In fact I have turned down a 5er that was for sale based on the concern that it would be at the limit once we loaded the trailer and strapped everything and everyone into position.
Jake
That right there is a smart move on your part. Make sure you know not only what your truck will pull, but what it will hold. General rule is 20% of trailer GVWR is how much you will be asking your truck to hold up. Look up your GVWR or RAWR which ever one you use and shop for 5er's under that amount.
Good luck
