Question on Pin Weight and Toy Haulers

broccoli2 wrote:

miboje wrote:

lincster wrote:
Guess who wears the pants in the family. LOL

Hate to tell you, but if you go by tow ratings alone, and you want to stick within those tow ratings, you don't have the right truck for a big 5th wheel toyhauler.

You won't offset the pin weight by putting something in the garage, especially if you tow with full water.

My empty pin weight on my trailer is 2600lbs.
I put a 2700lb sand rail in my toy hauler, but with full water, my pin weight actually goes up to 3400lbs. It also depends on where your water tanks are located.

So, if you want to live by the tow ratings, you need to be looking at a bumper pull trailer.

I had a 2004 SRW F350, but once I ordered my 5th wheel, I proceeded to trade my truck in on a Dually. I am one of those people that go by tow ratings, so having the correct truck for my trailer was important to me.

When it comes to money, I am the practical, wise and frugal one. So yes, I wear the pants when it comes to spending and money management.

I have been looking at the bumper pull toy haulers. Thank you for that advice. We don't want one of the land yacht toy haulers.

Like I said, we are still in the learning process, so it's wise to ask questions, which is what I am doing here. We do understand at this point that we won't be able to offset the pin weight enough to make a difference.

We did wonder about the water tanks and how that would affect things as well. Thank you for your input on that.

I'm glad that you are in a financial position to manage being able to order a new fifth wheel, then turn right around and trade up to bigger truck. For us, that would be two sizable monthly payments on top of a sizable mortgage that I don't feel is a wise choice for us. Not everyone is in that position, though. We're just an average, middle class family. I guess we don't quite fit in.

Hi There, I saw this post and was hoping you would not take offense but, figured you might. I have been around this forum a long time and I can pretty much guarantee he did not mean to offend but to put a smile on a few faces. that being said, we are here to help and ask questions don't let anyone's post send you away. You are doing the correct thing and asking the correct questions. Most of us here can not go out and buy a new TV, a few can. I seam to be in the same place you are asking the same questions and I have been RVing for many years. I know I can't tow the rig I want but what someone else to verify so i don't give up with out some sort of back up...
FYI this might work for me you might be able to do something similar.. I found a F550 that is 2 years older than my current tow vehicle that is worth about the same.. I might try and sell my F350 and get the F550.

I don't mean to offend anyone, I just speak facts and numbers from my learnings over the years. Sometimes, folks don't like to hear those actual numbers/facts/weights.
On the other hand, I have gotten plenty of PMs over the years thanking me for providing these numbers as it caused some folks to change their thinking on the truck/trailer they were ready to buy.