Best truck for large 5th Wheel

speediq99 wrote:
'My truck's unladen rear axle (hitch installed) weighs about 3470 lbs. My trucks's GRAWR is 7230 lbs. So a pin weight of around 3700lbs should be just fine.'

Based on this, it sounds like a 1 ton will have room to spare. I am just not sure if this is all I need to consider.

I heard stability in wind and rain may make a dually a better choice. Is there a big difference?

I may have to look at a lighter 5th wheel. I have never driven a dually, except for a motorhome. My preference seems to be a 1 ton SRW.

Coming from a f150, it is hard to imagine a 1 ton not being enough. Live to learn.

Any suggestions on high quality 5th wheels on the lighter end of the scale (15k) loaded?

Thank you for all the replies.

MC

The thing you want to avoid is loading your fiver in such a way as to generate a light pin. A 17k fiver with only a 2600 lb pin will not tow as nice behind a SRW truck as a 17k fiver with a 3600 lb pin weight behind that same truck, regardless of what the numbers say. No matter what you do there will be some sort of compromise .... getting a lighter trailer will likely mean compromising quality or size. A dually will require some compromise while unhooked. The SRW one ton might mean compromising on some weight numbers.