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Acei
Explorer
Oct 29, 2014

Which pickup would you use to pull 25ft 13k FW?

If you had a 5th wheel with GVWR of around 13k, what class pickup truck would you use to pull it? 1/2t truck won't do it, this is a no brainer. How about 3/4t truck? I think the pin weight will ...
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spud1957
Explorer
Oct 30, 2014
Lets assume the OP ends up with a 2600lb pin weight. Not sure those recommending a SRW read that they would like to add an aux fuel tank. At 100 US gallons, that's over 700lbs. Hitch is 200lbs. Driver and occupants are 250. He is now at 3750lbs. Not too many diesel SRW 1 tons with that much payload. If his estimated pin weight is off by a couple hundred pounds he is now at the 4000lb mark.

The extra $1000 for the DRW would be worth it too me.

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