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Dry tongue weight versus fully loaded
Hello, I’m wondering if there is an estimated percentage increase in fully loaded tongue weight of a fifth wheel trailer when appropriately loaded to capacity, versus the factory listed dry tongue w...
5th wheels generally run 20-25% on the pin.
There is little relation between the advertised "dry" pin weight and what you see in real life. Doubly so, once you load it up. "Dry" pin weights often seem artificially low compared to real life.
If it has a 12k GVWR, I would plan on 3000lb pin weight (25%). So if buying a truck and wanting to stay within spec (some people will tell you to exceed spec), you are likely needing a truck with north of 4000-4500lb payload (don't forget passengers, hitch, other stuff in the truck bed, etc... count against payload)
