Can you really tow a fiver with a 1/2 ton?
Jayco says these fifth wheels are "half-ton towable": http://www.jayco.com/products/fifth-wheels/2017-eagle-ht-fifth-wheels/floorplans-and-prices/ They seem to all be < 10,000 lbs GVWR. I'm l...
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rvdd wrote:mbopp wrote:
Ditto. You're falling into the trap of looking at tow capacity and not payload. Add a hitch, passengers, and gear and you'll be over your GVW.
So can we say Jayco is being misleading when calling these "half-ton towable"? Technically possible, but in the real world with truck and trailer loaded, it's a no-go?
Yes. But all the RV makers do it, not just Jayco. Technically, if they find one half-ton that could tow it, they aren't lying. Notice they don't say "towable by all half-tons".
