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nohurry
Oct 18, 2014Explorer
Groover wrote:rhagfo wrote:
So now we have a much lighter TV "Capable" of towing 12,200#. I noticed the other day, that my combination 2500 Ram and 32' 11,000# wet 5er, I have more weight on the TV tires than the 5er!!
Far less chance for the tail to wag the dog, when the dog has some stature!
There are a lot of 5er's out there that weigh more than even a crew cab dually diesel. Are you saying that they are unsafe to pull with any pickup?
I'm pretty sure what he is saying is that if you have more than half the weight of the fiver on the trucks rear axle. i.e.- fiver weighs 11k, and there is 6k on the rear axle, and 5k on the fiver axles, the sway will be less. The truck rear axle's weight of course includes some of the truck and cargo as well. OTR trucks often load this way as well for better handling.
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