Dual rear wheel or single rear wheel?
Hello all!! Brand new here to the forum. I have just purchased and brought home our new 5th wheel(with a buddies truck)and I am getting mixed reviews on which setup to get. Our 5th wheel is a Palomi...
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Opinion from another newbie? I never owned and RV before last Spring. Pulled my daughter horse trailer with an '05 1500 Silverado short bed, step side WT. Never comfortable. Kept it and bought a 2012 1500 crew cab with a 5L, also in a WT configuration, don't care for buttons and bells. Night and day difference.
Fast forward to last Spring, bought a Greywolf TT 30' and pulled it w/ the 1500, I traded in the fall for a 5'er. Pulled ok, right at the trucks limit weight wise, back to the days of the step-side. It was about 9500# wet. Bit of white knuckle, anxiety on hills and in the wind. Then I got a shot at a DRW 3500 Silverado with the 8.1 gasser engine and Allison 6 speed.. Way over powered for the trailer, sucks for daily driver, but towing is a breeze, and makes it all worthwhile. As the man said, there are times when having a bigger hammer just feels better.
Fast forward to last Spring, bought a Greywolf TT 30' and pulled it w/ the 1500, I traded in the fall for a 5'er. Pulled ok, right at the trucks limit weight wise, back to the days of the step-side. It was about 9500# wet. Bit of white knuckle, anxiety on hills and in the wind. Then I got a shot at a DRW 3500 Silverado with the 8.1 gasser engine and Allison 6 speed.. Way over powered for the trailer, sucks for daily driver, but towing is a breeze, and makes it all worthwhile. As the man said, there are times when having a bigger hammer just feels better.
