buying a used 5th wheel
Hello fellow RVers I am thinking of buying a used 2010 Coachmen North Ridge 290RKD. does anyone have info on this fifth wheel is it good or should you say away from it. the only thing i know is coachm...
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rainmanrv wrote:OK, now you know you have 2630# to play with.
thanks for the help,I definitely was looking at this the wrong way.I would just look at the dry weight did not think about hitch weight.I do not like being max-out with the weight I am going to pass on the coachmen and look for something with 15% hitch weight. Also i did check that black and yellow cargo tag on the door it said 2630#.
Figure out how much you are going to put in the truck........
- People
- Pets
- Other"stuff" (cooler, tools etc)
- Bed liner and other accessories.
- full tank of fuel (@ 6#/gallon)
- The hitch you are going to use.
Add them all up and subtract that number from 2650#
The result is the LOADED pin weight you can carry without exceeding any of your truck ratings.
For example, let's say you have 1800# available for the pin.....
The following examples calculate the maximum LOADED fiver you can carry at 3 different pin weight ratios.........
15%:
1800/0.15 = 12,000#
20%:
1800/0.2 = 9,000#
25%:
1800/0.25 = 7,200#
Hope that helps and can give you a good place to start.
You need to substitute your own numbers - I just guessed at a load of 830# to make the math easy!.
