Fifth wheel towing question
Pin weight question for my fifth wheel friends.. In my trailer hunt with my 04 2500 ram Diesel quad cab 6.3ft bed.. I have after people added full tank etc.. 1,980lbs of payload left. I still have ...
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Hi, Todd, hope you’re wintering well!
Glad to see this thread since we just took delivery of a new Chaparral 336TSIK fifth wheel. After years of towing bumper pull campers this will be a learning experience! Book weights for the 5er are 12,000 gross, 1880 hitch. My Ram Cummins is rated to tow 17,000, 6500 rear axle. Load range E SRW tires, rated just over 3500 each.
I’m thinking of a goose neck ball in the truck short bed topped with the Anderson hitch. Of course the whole rig will be properly weighed.
Good thing the dealer here in Mesquite, NV, delivered the new unit to our RV park spot since we’re here with the Ram half ton, no 5er hitch!
Yeah, we’ve been running away from winter once a month since November ;)
Glad to see this thread since we just took delivery of a new Chaparral 336TSIK fifth wheel. After years of towing bumper pull campers this will be a learning experience! Book weights for the 5er are 12,000 gross, 1880 hitch. My Ram Cummins is rated to tow 17,000, 6500 rear axle. Load range E SRW tires, rated just over 3500 each.
I’m thinking of a goose neck ball in the truck short bed topped with the Anderson hitch. Of course the whole rig will be properly weighed.
Good thing the dealer here in Mesquite, NV, delivered the new unit to our RV park spot since we’re here with the Ram half ton, no 5er hitch!
Yeah, we’ve been running away from winter once a month since November ;)
