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New to this forum and have no experience with 5th wheel units, have towed TT's for many years. Here is the question, truck is 2016 Chevy 2500 HD, 6.0L 6 speed, 4.10 gears. Looking at a Larado 30 ft ...
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pcaffrey wrote:
Sticker on the door of the truck states 2982 LBS. The pin on then trailer I'm looking at is 1740, is that loaded or empty?
Almost certainly that's a dry weight. What's the GVW of that FW? Take 20% of that number to get a very rough idea of the pin weight you could have. To reiterate, this is a worst-case scenario since most people never get close to the GVW of their RV. Yes, there are a couple guys here, with very heavy and well-built FWs, that =do= load their FW over the placard GVW, but they do so with full knowledge of what they're doing and with the advice of the mfr. These guys really are true exceptions and will admit it.
Lyle
