Suspension advice needed
Recently weighed my truck and fifth wheel and discovered that the truck weighs 10,000 pounds with the trailer attached. That was without my wife and dog. That happens to be the GVWR also, so I am a ...
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Me Again wrote:rhagfo wrote:
Looks like he bought the TV before the 5er, the TV is more than capable of towing the 5er, he is just close to the low Class2 10,000# limit, maybe Texas has a higher registration cost for over 10,000# GVWR.
I truly believe that GVWR is a number the engineers and marketing personal pull out of the air!!
Russ as you know, not every one needs a dually or wants one. In Ken's case "2013 HitchHiker 38RLRSB Champagne" he needs one whether he wants it or not.
Depending on the year and make, the 250/2500 and 350/3500 had very little differences. To take a 10 or 20K hit to change from a 250/2500 to a 350/3500 SRW does not make economic sense in a lot of cases.
Given all of that in makes NO sense to buy a 250/2500 if one has a 5th wheel or plans to buy one. Like you I had the 2001.5 2500 RAM built like a 3500 SRW before I purchase the larger 5th wheel. If they would have offered a 3500 SRW in 2001, I would have bought that.
However the doom and gloom of 250/2500 towing over GVWR has no standing in Federal Bridge Weight laws and states that license tonnage.
This is a learning process, snowbird parks have for years been full of 250/2500 towing very large 5th wheels. This is slowly changing as trucks age out. Few changed them out early for a near identical truck with different door emblems and placard. Chris
Yes, Ken needs a DRW, but the OP is a different case. His 5er is actually lighter than mine!
Technical Specifications:
2013 Crossroads Cruiser SK 305
Length 32' 10"
Dry Weight 9,090#
Payload Capacity 3,215#
GVWR 12,305#
Hitch Weight 1,905#
Easily towed/CARRIED with a 2500 of 2012 vintage!
My dry weight is 9,820# and a GVWR of 12,360# towed at just over 11,000#.
