Tow Vehicle Preferences
We are carefully planning our investments for a fifth wheel and tow vehicle. We have had some experience with Ram 3500 dually, diesel and have read good reports on their performance. We see a lot of ...
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agesilaus wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:
If the RV is "weighing in at 16K" that could mean loaded 19-20K.
Test drive them all make sure they have 45PSI rear and 72 front so you can fairly compare the ride.
You mean the truck tires? They are 80 psi front and back for towing. At least on Fords and I suspect the other brands are the same. On my Ford the tire low pressure alarm is set at 65 psi so you can't really air them down lower than 70 psi.
Yes the truck tires. I am talking Dually here.
I am talking solo driving. Look at the tire weight inflation chart for the tires on your TV you will see the tires do not need 80psi loaded unless you are actually overloading your TV.
Loaded I run 60psi rear and 80 front. I have 5K in pin weight and I have plenty of air in the tires and I have even wear.
The truck numbers are CYA.
As I said to see how each truck handles have the same psi in each TV tested. If you are running max pressures running solo you are wearing out your tires and will have less stopping ability along with poor ride.
