Ram 2500 and F250 heavy duty diesel
For those people who have either truck, what would be the max 5th wheel pin weight you would feel safe with? I have been researching but I'm getting conflicting reports online. I figured I would go ...
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mod wrote:
Does that make them better than the members of RV.net or somehow superior. I think not. They can laugh all they want as they use up their trucks and roll down the road towing somebody elses trailer. I think it may be a bit different tune were they towing their own trailer with their family on board the tow vehicle.
Barney
Hey Barney...just for the record...commercial haulers and especially those who work the hotshot side own their own equipment (trucks and trailers). We run our equipment lot more miles of service than the vast majority pulling a rv several times a summer or year.
Many haulers take the family along. I Took mine when they were small mostly on short 2-4 day runs.
A one ton DRW pulling a 15k-25k loaded GN trailer in commerce isn't any different than pulling pulling a same 15k-25k lb rv trailer... or a 3/4 ton....or one ton SRW pulling smaller weight trailers.
The fun being poked at RV forums is more about all the silly comments being made about the civil lawsuit/lawyer talk scare tactic regarding gvwr or the the tire placard payload sticker.
