Would you recommend a 5th wheel for me?
Hello, I'm retiring next year and want to hit the road. I've done a lot of RVing in my life, but always as the passenger in someone else's rig. This time I want to go solo. I'm a 50 year female. ...
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cherrykiss3 wrote:
I have a 1 ton dually diesel that I drive every day. Yes I park out in taxi land at the store but that is ok with me.
Free exercise!!
Lets assume I pick out a 5th wheel first and then start shopping for a truck.
Obviously, I need to look at the truck's towing capacity. But how do you figure for load capacity? In other words - some percentage of the weight of the trailer has to be assumed to be "in" the bed of the truck. Is there a rule of thumb for this? Or is it something specific that the trailer manufacturer sets out?
And where do I get the hitch: the truck vendor, the trailer vendor, or a third party?
