Calling weight police - help
Hello, I am in the process of getting a new setup, truck and 5th wheel. Truck is a 2022 F350 King Ranch 4x4 SRW short bed Diesel. Fifth wheel is 2021 Solitude 378mbs. I am also planning to add Summ...
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Can someone shed some light on my trucks ability to handle the Solitude 378.
My combined weight of passanger and cargo is around 3300 based on door sticker but the Gawr rear Axle is 7000 lbs. Does this mean I can put than much pin weight on that axle?
Attached are the door stickers on truck
Combined weight of occupants and cargo not to exceed 3341
Front Gawr 5200lbe
Rear gawr 7230lbs
Vehicle Gvwr 11500
Weight on trailer
Uvw 14344
Hitch 2686
Gvwr 16800
We like the floorplan of the Solitude but would be willing to consider a lighter version of it if one exists.
We like to avoid a dually as it does not fit in our garage, drive thrus, dual tires etc..
Love the F350 SRW SB 4x4 Diesel Crewcab. This thing gets better gas mileage that the F150 Powerboost we traded it for.
I am just a bit confused as to how the rear gawr plays into the equation with the 5th wheel hitch weight. It looks like you will exceed the vehicle cargo much faster than the axle can handle. Any help clarifying this would be appreciated?
Thank you
MC
My combined weight of passanger and cargo is around 3300 based on door sticker but the Gawr rear Axle is 7000 lbs. Does this mean I can put than much pin weight on that axle?
Attached are the door stickers on truck
Combined weight of occupants and cargo not to exceed 3341
Front Gawr 5200lbe
Rear gawr 7230lbs
Vehicle Gvwr 11500
Weight on trailer
Uvw 14344
Hitch 2686
Gvwr 16800
We like the floorplan of the Solitude but would be willing to consider a lighter version of it if one exists.
We like to avoid a dually as it does not fit in our garage, drive thrus, dual tires etc..
Love the F350 SRW SB 4x4 Diesel Crewcab. This thing gets better gas mileage that the F150 Powerboost we traded it for.
I am just a bit confused as to how the rear gawr plays into the equation with the 5th wheel hitch weight. It looks like you will exceed the vehicle cargo much faster than the axle can handle. Any help clarifying this would be appreciated?
Thank you
MC
Me Again wrote:Second Chance wrote:
Loaded for travel, the Solitude 378MBS will put about 3,800 lbs. on the pin. Make sure the truck has that kind of payload left over after subtracting the weight of the hitch, occupants, gear, etc. Personally, I would only pull that trailer with a dual rear wheel truck.
Rob
How do you get from 2686 dry pin weight to 3800 load. That is about 1/2 of the carrying capacity of the of the trailer. Do you really think that much will go on the pin.
Taking dry weights it has 18.7% dry pin weight. Carry the percentage forward to 16800 GVWR of the trailer give 3146 lbs of loaded pin weight.
If pin weight increases to 20 percent load, the 3360 would be the pin weight fully loaded.
Now we need to talk about generators and washer/dryer. W/D prep is in the nose, and generator well ahead of the axles.
I made this work with my 16K 39'4" Bighorn because it had a 2435 dry pin weight with our 2015 RAM SB 4X4 3500 SRW with 11,700 GVWR and 7K RGAWR. And we were loaded heavy as full timers at that time.
