To a 5er or not to a 5er
Hi all I'm sure this question has been asked many, many times. I currently tow a 32 TT/bumper pull and have been wanting to upgrade to a 5er. Of course all of the floor plans the wife and I like/lov...
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Ivylog wrote:
5ers have way too much pin weight...lets them put smaller tires and axles under them. Unfortunately it's hard to load things in the back to decrease the pin weight as most of the storage is up front unless it's a TH. Yes, most on here are dually, dually, dually only; not me. Figure out how to decrease the pin weight and use your SRW.
Using smaller axles is not why 5ers have high pin weights.
The higher pin weight helps it tow better by planting the rear truck axle more firmly and putting that load directly over the axle. Do not try to reduce it by loading up the back, you can get a poor towing trailer that in an extreme case could be dangerous.
To the OP: you are probably borderline needing a dually at 15k. Run the real numbers to see where you are. It could be OK but you probably can't load up 500lbs of firewood in the bed without going over the limits.
