kaydeejay wrote:
calamus wrote:
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2002/11/03/149912.html
We have a 2003 Duramax diesel 3/4 ton and a 36' 5th wheel @13,000lbs. Dry I was reading all this and thinking Wow I dont have enough truck to pull my 5th wheel, that I have been towing for 5 years! I pulled up the link and chevy 3/4 looks to be rated at 16,000lbs for a 5th wheel. The motors are all the same in 3/4 and 1 ton trucks That being said we are looking to get a 1-ton diesel dually. Mostly because we Tow livestock and tractors also.
Just because you have done it OK so far does not make it right!
You are WAY over payload rating for that truck and (more importantly) probably over RAWR as well.
I recommend the OP does NOT go down this road!
Thats funny because it looks like you have about the same set up? It looks like pay load max is 3,360lbs. and the hitch weight is about 1700lbs. on a 13,000lbs 5th wheel. Somewhere Im confused because this is 99% of the set ups I see at the lake every weekend? I do know I have pulled it all over the state and South Dakota also and never been stopped or had problems. Will it pull it up hills with out slowing down no but a bigger truck with the same motor is not going to go up hills any faster?
