What size truck?
How do you determine whether you'd need a Ram 2500, for example, or a 3500? Is there a weight cutoff for the 2500?
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20 or 25 percent is usually used for 5th wheel pin weight.
Tom
Tom
dfletch wrote:
Just went through this. We found a 5th wheel we liked and I took the numbers to my truck dealer and we went through the numbers. 5th wheel gvw 16,000 lbs going with 15% of that for pin weight 2,400 lbs. so while a 3/4 ton may pull it and stop it if I want to put anything in the truck bed I will be right on the edge (if not over) the payload limit of the truck. I went with a Chevy 3500 HD Deisel dully for peace of mind and safety. The cost vs a 3/4 ton was negligible.
