Hitch upgrade question.

Bobalooie wrote:

tropical36 wrote:

Bobalooie wrote:
I have a 2000 Dutch Star with a GCWR rating of 39,000 and GAWR of 29,000lbs. According to the manual, it supposedly has a 5000lb hitch, but I know it can have 10,000. Can one just have a higher rated hitch installed without having to beef up the frame?

Check with Newmar, but just the fact that it has a 10K towing capacity rating suggests that it also have a 10K hitch receiver.
This also applies to the tranny's capabilities, etc....
Our old coach had a very low tow rating and even though most everything was beefy enough for a 5K tow, the transmission wasn't up to it, being the weak link in the train. Still ran it all over the country, but had to be tricky and careful for climbing long 6% grades in hot weather.

Are there different versions of Allison in these diesel pushers in that year? The option was for either a Freightliner or Spartan chassis (with Spartan having a 10klb buffer).

That being the case, it's most likely the Spartan that has an Allison 3000, at least. This should be reflected in the manual for either chassis and doubtful that they would print two separate publications.