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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Just my 2 cents......worth about .05 cents
Tow Ratings are a magical number under idea conditions and are misleading in the real world.
A trucks GVWR, RAWR, Rear Tire MAX Load Rating and/or actual payload available will be reached/exceeded long before that magical tow rating is reached.
A truck may have a say 15K tow rating but with a 'wet' pin weight around 3000# available payload will be exceeded.
If you have the truck then you need to pay attention to weight of truck camp ready (fully loaded up ready to go)....then subtract that number from trucks GVWR.....that number is what is available for 5vr pin weight mindful of RAWR and Tire Load
If you don't have truck then get 5vr (the floorplan you like---afford) and then match truck to actual weight of trailer (not 'dry' weights but trailer GVWR and 20% of GVWR for a 'wet' pin number)
This ends up with a better matched combo........but usually ends up with a bigger truck then originally thought would work.
Tow Ratings are a magical number under idea conditions and are misleading in the real world.
A trucks GVWR, RAWR, Rear Tire MAX Load Rating and/or actual payload available will be reached/exceeded long before that magical tow rating is reached.
A truck may have a say 15K tow rating but with a 'wet' pin weight around 3000# available payload will be exceeded.
If you have the truck then you need to pay attention to weight of truck camp ready (fully loaded up ready to go)....then subtract that number from trucks GVWR.....that number is what is available for 5vr pin weight mindful of RAWR and Tire Load
If you don't have truck then get 5vr (the floorplan you like---afford) and then match truck to actual weight of trailer (not 'dry' weights but trailer GVWR and 20% of GVWR for a 'wet' pin number)
This ends up with a better matched combo........but usually ends up with a bigger truck then originally thought would work.
