crash course in 5th wheel hitches?
I've done the whole Truck Camper thing (twice), and the Class A thing. Now I'm getting ready to try a 5th wheel next. I'm just starting to come to terms with how much I DONT know yet about 5th whe...
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valhalla360 wrote:JeffPritchard wrote:
Another thing I noticed when I looked at the weights table for the Cougar XL line (just because it was handy on my desktop, and is probably somewhat typical for the "HT" segment)...
...the CCC for TT's is paltry compared to same size/weight of 5'er. Seems to me the average family user would be up a creek with these tiny CCC's. Put just a small amount of travel water and propane in the TT, and a few odds and ends of gear, and you're already over your CCC. In fact, if you put just a normal amount of "stuff" in a HT TT, your tongue weight would probably shoot way above what's listed in the table...making it similar to that of the same size 5/er's pin weight.
I'm confused. You started with the presumption of going super light so you could stay with an undersized truck and suddenly, you want to carry 2 tons of cargo in the trailer?
If you are insistent on 1/2 ton, you really are better off with a bumper pull.
Advice has been given, it's pretty well a consensus about combining a 5th wheel with a 1/2 ton. It's your call if you want to accept it.
Sorry for the confusion. This was not about me. It was simply an aside about TT. I want neither a TT nor 2 tons of cargo.
