Second Chance wrote:
Use 23% of a fifth wheel's GVWR to estimate loaded pin weight. If you have a family and are planning on a fifth wheel and carrying everyone in a crew cab, forget any 3/4-ton truck and go straight for a 1-ton SRW minimum. There are lots of folks out there who are members of the "Two-Timers' Club" - those who didn't buy enough truck the first time around and had to eat the depreciation and upgrade.
Thanks for the feedback, Rob. We're kind of already doing that (van -> expedition -> ??) ...
But for every personal experience / opinion like yours that I receive, I receive an equal number of personal experiences/opinions that say the opposite (that a 3/4 ram 2500 is just fine).
Can you give me any concrete reasons why the two sets of equations above don't line up? Something to which the engineer in me can say, "ahhh, that makes sense?"
Otherwise this and other forums leads to a big game of "he said/she said." Which while well-intended, still subjective rather than objective.
cheers,
..dane
