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Snowman9000
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Nov 17, 2017

Real weights HitchHiker II 32.5 LS

Anyone have real life weights for a HitchHiker II LS 32.5?
  • The ONLY way to get a real weight is to hook up and go to a scale.
  • I can't help you with the weights unless you are asking about the specs from NuWa. I have never weighed my rig.

    But I can tell you that we have towed our 32.5 UKTG, model year 2007, over 80,000 miles over many of the mountain passes of Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and New Mexico with a Chevrolet Duramax/Allison 2500--most of those miles with our model year 2008 and just this year with a model year 2017. Our most recent trip (and that with the 2017) was from East Texas to Banff, Canada.

    We've been over Monarch Pass more times than I have counted; Wolf Creek Pass; Douglas Pass; and last year over the Million Dollar Highway from Ouray to Durango. Just to give some specific examples.

    We have never felt any lack of confidence in the stability or power of our towing vehicle. The tow-haul feature on both of these pickups is just amazing on the downhill side of passes especially. Now on the 2008 we also have "exhaust brake" feature which just adds to the control and stability.
  • check out the nuwaowners.org....HH II owners should be able to give you some numbers
  • From the Nuwa web site:
    Model Hitch Wt. UVW GVWR NCC GAWR Brakes Tires
    32.5 UKTG 2020 10120 13675 3555 6000 12" X 2" LT235/85R16-E

    Model Width Ext. Height Ext. Length Furnace Awning Water Tanks
    32.5 UKTG 96" 12'-8" 33'-10" 40,000 OPT. 17' 70 50/50/28
  • Our HH II 32.5 UKTG

    GVWR 14,375# (7k axles with Goodyear 16" 'G' tires)
    UVW 10,218#
    CCC 3,435# (includes 80/gal Fresh water and 14 gallons propane)

    Scaled weight FULL TIME 13,873#
    Wet pin weight 3090# (22%) with FULL fresh water tank

    Length king pin to rear cap 33' 10"
    Height at top of A/C Unit (measured hooked up to truck -- level tow) 13'4"
    (height raised 3" to sit level by using lowest adjustment hole in shackles)
  • Thanks Old-Biscuit, that’s good. More pin weight than I would have thought, but you were heavily loaded.
  • Don't let the LS designation fool you. These units can vary greatly with the options included. Ours has all the high end stuff and weighs 13,000+ with basic loading. I think the lower end units will be less than 11,000 lbs.
  • Snowman9000 wrote:
    Thanks Old-Biscuit, that’s good. More pin weight than I would have thought, but you were heavily loaded.


    5th wheel wet pin will be 20% - 25%
  • The label on the outside of the unit should tell you the weight rating. Some units only have 6000 lb axles which affects the carrying capacity. Enjoy yours! We do...