Trucks are too tall for fifth wheel
I'm presently towing a 1999 Jayco 23' fifth wheel. It's total weight is 6500 pounds loaded. My tow vehicle is a 2006 GMC 1500hd with a tow capacity of 7990 pounds with the 6 liter V8 and a 3.73 rear e...
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Old-Biscuit wrote:
Since 2013 Truck MFG. have been adhering to SAE J2807 Tow Standards so now ratings are more in line with real world abilities vs the old magical marketing department tow ratings using a base model
Info on SAE J2807
It's still only based on power. It doesn't take into account the trucks other ratings required to tow to that standard, such as payload.
