Slider Hitch for 5th Wheel.

rhagfo wrote:

ventrman wrote:

NC Hauler wrote:
Good to hear you "stood by your guns" and dropped the 1/2 ton and picked up the 3/4 ton truck...Make sure it's checked out really good before you drive it off the lot for good.

....and welcome to world of 5th wheels, you'll love it:)

Thanks for the nice Welcome to the World of 5th Wheels. I had a Contractor who is my Nephew that has several Friends that get their Vehicles serviced there to call and chew them out. Also my other Nephew who has his Vehicle serviced there chewed them out. My Mechanic also gave them Hell! They were chewed out by several People including my Wife and me.

Ventrman, we try too look out for newbies, we just get a little bold, and rough around the edges at times. :o

Take a close look at the listed payload on that new F250, if a gas engine it will be higher than a Diesel as the diesel engine eats some payload. You need to be looking at the payload of that F250, newer truck have a yellow sticker on the drivers door post. You need enough payload to cover Fuel, passengers, stuff in the truck, the hitch, and the loaded pin weight.

The table below the Hitch weight is based on the "Ship Weight" The GVWR is the max it is designed to carry. A safe way to come to a loaded pin is about 20% to 25% of the GVWR.
My loaded fiver runs just about 20% of loaded weight.

So if you load the lightest unit to 11,000# the pin will be around 2,000# to 2,200#.

The F250 may be able to pull it, but you might be over your GVWR. Many with 250/2500's find themselves in this position (I do), over GVWR, but well within axle and tire ratings, so just a word of warning before you finalize the deal on that F250.

I too am a "newby" in the 5er world. Straight from the MH world. I own a 1997 GMC3500 Dooly. My GVWR is 10,000, GAWR FRT. 3800, GAWR RR 7500. If my TV loaded is 6200 lbs., what is the largest 5er I can pull loaded to Max. GW using the chart you published?