Redwood 5th wheel weight

kakampers wrote:
Atom Ant...your weights are very comparable to ours with our Landmark, but we gross out at 27,200...we too have the 5500 Onan and stack w/d. Cannot imagine trying to pull this with anything but a newer 1-ton dually! We opted for the 2011 Chevy DRW...handles the load beautifully and is within all weight limits of the truck! Stay safe.

Nice to see people step up to a dually when they KNOW they should.

Atom Ant...your weights are very comparable to ours with our Landmark, but we gross out at 27,200...we too have the 5500 Onan and stack w/d. Cannot imagine trying to pull this with anything but a newer 1-ton dually! We opted for the 2011 Chevy DRW...handles the load beautifully and is within all weight limits of the truck! Stay safe.

I have a 2014 36RL. Dry weight is 13,335 lbs. (exact out the door weight as weighed at the factory) without Quartz Counters (which they don't offer anymore).

After delivery we added the Onan 5500 (296 lbs) and Ariston W/D (230 lbs combined). Both WD and gen are forward of the axles on the 36RL.

CAT SCALE results (note truck weight of 9,140 lbs and rear axle weight of 3,980 already deducted from figures below)

no water or food
PIN 3,480
AXLES 12,400
Total trailer - 15,880

full water and food
PIN 4,320
AXLES 12,900
Total trailer - 17,220
GCVW - 26,360 (technically this puts me in the right lane with a 45 mph speed limit on the passes through the rocky mountains in CO).

I brought it home with an F350 SRW, and found out quickly that I was over the 7K axle weight of the truck without water, and very close to the maximum capacity on the rear tires. I needed water, so we went to a dually.

Also note, we went for the 8K axle option and G614 tires, which gives us a maximum axle weight of 15,000 lbs (tire limitation), and a GVWR of 17,500 lbs. With the dually and with water, I have 8,080 lbs on the rear axle of the truck.

Original truck was a 2006 F350 SB CC SRW with a 6.0 3:73 and 7K rear axle. Current truck is 2008 F350 LB CC DRW with a 6.4 4:10 and 9K rear axle.

Many folks tow the 36RL with a SRW F350 but they are at the limit without water and forward gear. No generator, or washer dryer. The Fresh water tank is directly below the basement, forward of the axles. The tank capacity is 104 gal.

Hope that helps - I'll be honest, I did not want a dually, but now I have one.

Dry weight doesn't mean anything!

Look at trailers GVWR and take 20% of that figure to give you a better guesstimate what the 'wet' pin weight would be when towing trailer with the stuff in it.

Then weigh your truck camp ready.....all passengers, all stuff in cab/bed plus weight for hitch.
Subtract that number from your trucks GVWR.....got enough left over to handle the 'wet' pin weight number (mindful of RAWR and Rear Tire MAX Load Rating)

On Edit:
That model has a GVWR of 16,500#
20% would be 3300#

Got enough available payload for 3300(+)#??????
GO weight your truck

If you do a lot of dry camping might check to make sure where fresh water tank is. I was told it is in front of the axle, putting a lot of weight on the truck.

You can go to this site and find out what the dry weight is.

http://www.redwood-rv.com/

Your truck should be enough although most of us have dual rear ends.

I can't help with the numbers, but if you don't get any responses here, try http://www.redwoodrvowners.com/ .

Good luck with the purchase.

OJ