Major Sway Problems! Any ideas!?
Hey everyone, I'm new here! Hope you all had a nice weekend. I just got back from a 6 hour drive to Lake Cumberland, and ran into some pretty sketchy situations while driving. I have a 6,100lb tra...
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badercubed wrote:svt440 wrote:Where did you get the payload number? I could be wrong, but that seems like a lot available for a shortbed extended cab diesel. I would have thought you'd be more in the 2400lb range.cruz-in wrote:
With a 250/2500 series truck, due to limited truck payload, there are very few 5th wheels that will not have you excceding the payload of the truck...perhaps/probably by a lots...
As a fellow owner of a 250/2500 series truck, kinda a bummer but these trucks are limited on payload.
True, but the dry weight of the one I'm looking at is 7,610lbs with a hitch weight of 1400. Its a relatively small fifth wheel with one slide out. Looks like the payload of the 2500HD is somewhere near 3,437lbs. I'd think I'd be okay? I'm not going to ever travel with much more than a few hundred pounds of extra stuff. Maybe I'm over looking something.
I got it online. I searched for my truck and that came up. I see what you're saying though. I will look at the sticker on the truck when I get home from work. I was a bit ignorant with my statement.
