BusyC wrote:
The rig we are looking at is a Keystone Mountaineer 346LBQ with a sticker shipping weight of 12020, a published pin weight of 2205, and a cargo capacity of 2240. According to our Ford dealership, based on the VIN of our truck, with all of the options we can tow up to 14,500lb.
Your truck can TOW (ie pull) 14,500 pounds but it can only carry the difference between it's loaded weight (fuel, passengers, hitch, miscellaneous cargo) and it GVWR.
Published pin weight are often low (although what you listed is closer than many). The normally accepted figure for estimating pin weight is to use 20% of the 5th wheel trailers GVWR which would be 2440 for your unit based on what you have provided. I don't know of a 3/4 ton pick up capable of carrying that much weight safely.
Good luck.
