Tow rating comparison; 5th wheel vs bumper
We currently have a 1500 series gas pickup and bumper pull TT. We are planning to move up to a diesel pickup and 5th wheel. I have been looking at a variety of trucks and trailers. I have found resour...
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NC Hauler wrote:AlbertaNewbie wrote:
be careful with the drw srw myth that drw is better. a lot of the srw 1 tons have higher gvwr, payload and are cheaper.
Don't know about "myth"...Don't recollect anyone stating that a 1 ton SRW truck is BETTER than a Dually... Each has it's application, most dealing with PAYLOAD....Oh, and your conclusion about higher GVWR and payload doesn't float with the Ram 3500 SRW truck and 3500 DRW truck, big difference. RAWR for the SRW truck is 7,000#...for the DRW truck it's 9750#...big difference. GVWR on my dually is 14,000#, the SRW isn't close to that.
To the op...If looking at 3/4 ton, depending on the weight of your 5er, I would look at a 3500/350 SRW truck, for no more price difference and more payload, that would be the truck I'd look at and then you use that trucks specs to buy a 5er with.
Do yourself a favor when matching the 5er with the truck...Use REAL WORLD GVW of the 5er, not the "dry" or "empty" weight...no one tows a 5er "dry" or "empty".....Take 20% of the 5er's GVW and that will give you a really good "ball park" idea of how much "pin weight" you'll be putting in the bed of your truck, (ie, payload)...
Thank you. After 35 years in the trucking business I am absolutely looking at gross weights and not dry weights. I also don't want to come in 'just under the wire'. I remember back in my early driving days jumping into a tractor powered by a big CAT engine and I was able to drive over almost any grade without having to gear down. The truck had way more power than 'needed' but was a pleasure to drive and didn't burn more fuel because it wasn't working hard. I'm inclined to go with a dually set up while my wife would prefer a SRW truck if possible. Another consideration is parking when we're bobtailing. A dually pretty well needs it own space away from the regular grocery shoppers but since we'll be getting a crew cab with a long bed we will be too long for regular parking spaces anyway. Our current regular cab long box 1500 barely fits in a regular parking spot anyway. I am a data guy and want to make sure the numbers work before I lay down our savings.
