Small 5th wheel pin weight?
I looked at a 22 ft 2005 Sun Valley 5th wheel today with a dry weight of 3800 lbs. The dealer of course told me it is 1/2 ton tow-able. I quick did the math and said with a 700-900 pin weight it wou...
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marquette wrote:
sue-t Love that 17 footer! We have looked all over the web trying to find a 17-19 ft 5'er and the only ones we find are in the mountain country. Oregon, Colorado and BC. Hence the questions about a 22 ft because they are really common and cheap. Since your pin weight shifts from 15-20% as you load the trailer is most of your cargo in the front of the trailer? The wheels couldn't get any more centered than on your trailer.
On that fifth wheel, most of my packed goods were over the axles or behind the axles. The toilet was back of the axles too. We travelled with a full water tank though.
Here's the floor plan:
