What's the comfortable weight limit
I have a 2013 Ram 2500 with 6.7 Cummins Diesel. The GVWR is 10,000 lbs. Payload is 2580 lbs. The GCWR is 25,000 lbs/ Max trailer weight is rated at 17,410 lbs. I am currently pulling a 35' fifth wheel...
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When I bought my diesel crewcab F250 new in 2003, I thought that it'd tow anything I put back there.
Little did I know that the fifth wheel trailers I wanted to buy in 2014 are 13,000+ lbs. dry weight--and that my F250 is actually a bastard truck. Sure, it'll tow a load, but those heavy loads have too much pin weight.
We're taking delivery on a Grand Design 323BHS (bunkhouse) fifth wheel shortly with 2000 lb. pin weight and 11,000 total dry weight. That's as heavy as we want to go with our truck--and we're not suffering with this trailer meeting our needs.
I'm just not wanting to buy a new 1 ton truck that costs twice what my F250 cost originally. I just got the engine broken in @ 117K miles.
Little did I know that the fifth wheel trailers I wanted to buy in 2014 are 13,000+ lbs. dry weight--and that my F250 is actually a bastard truck. Sure, it'll tow a load, but those heavy loads have too much pin weight.
We're taking delivery on a Grand Design 323BHS (bunkhouse) fifth wheel shortly with 2000 lb. pin weight and 11,000 total dry weight. That's as heavy as we want to go with our truck--and we're not suffering with this trailer meeting our needs.
I'm just not wanting to buy a new 1 ton truck that costs twice what my F250 cost originally. I just got the engine broken in @ 117K miles.
