renojack wrote:
It just so hard to buy the FW and THEN find out it does or doesn't do the job. I understand the 3500 is a leaf spring vs 2500 coil spring but ut seems like a gamble I may take. Thanks for the advice.
Assuming your unladen truck has a 3500# scaled axle weight you can add 3000# of cargo. If the 5th wheel pin is 3000-3100 that leaves you zero capacity for anything else in the truck.
You can fudge the GVW a bit if you like, But you should not exceed your axle ratings.
If you choose to exceed your axle ratings then there no point to even discussing the ratings, if they are just going to be ignored
For me that combo up is marginal at best.
Marginal is unacceptable in my book.
Nevertheless I would weigh the truck full of fuel, with ready to camping cargo and people on board, to get an accurate weight of the truck.
