Newbie wannabe needs advice
Thinking of retiring and buying a travel trailer or a fifth wheel - using it for about 3 months in the winter - traveling from Adirondacks to someplace warm during Jan-March. Just started thinking of...
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RumDiet wrote:
Thanks for the links - I'll be looking
I have a new Toyota Tundra - V8 - 4x4 - 6.5' bed So I think I would be OK with a small to mid 5th Wheel.
Can I assume correctly from tatest posting that Hitchhiker is mid level and New Horizons and Excel the top?
I would be buying something used - at least to start out with.
I hate to burst your bubble, but I would not consider towing a fifth wheel with a Tundra or any other 1/2 tow class truck. The pin on fifth wheels bear 20 percent or more of the weight of the trailer versus 10 to 15 percent travel trailers.
Example, a light fifth wheel weighing 9000 lbs will have a loaded pin weight of about 1800. That is more weight than what most half tons are rated to carry including passengers. For your truck, I would stick with a travel trailer (not fifth wheel) weighing less than 6500 fully loaded.
You are in the right place for good advice.
