Type of truck
I know I've seen several topics on this but we are still confused:? We are just about to buy our first Fifth wheel but first we need to get a truck. We started out only looking for F350 because we tho...
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salvador5266 wrote:
we don't have a specific unit picked out yet but we are figuring around 30-36 ft.
We can't choose a truck based on a trailers length. Some 30'-35' 5th wheel trailers can require a one ton DRW truck. Another 30'-35' trailer can fit in a 3/4 ton trucks weight specs. Give us a idea of the trailers gross weight (GVWR) your looking at.
Trucks carry loads determined by a 5th wheel trailers pin weight and pull trailers based on the trailers gross weight.
A 3/4 ton truck may have a 1800 lb payload and another same brand 3/4 ton truck can have 3400-3500 lb payload on depending on the trucks configuration.
