Do I have have enough Truck?
Hello All, My first post and good to meet you all. we're getting back into RV and traveling. Have an important question regarding towing heavy fifth wheel. We picked up a 04' Keystone Spri...
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Hour RA is rated at 6080 lbs, which equals the stock tires. Springs are good to 6400, axle as noted 10,000.
Reality, a tire upgrade, common is a 265-75-16, nets you 6800 or so lbs of tires. RA on my 88 and 96 K3500 were 2200-2400 empty. Around 3000 lbs to put on RA before overloading things.
A dually version has a 7500 RA. You could do as I did to the 96, install a 6/1 spring pack vs stock 5/1, make them about 1/16-1/8" thicker, you have 8500 lbs of springs.....
A few things and yes you could handle family and hitch wieght. I would swag going to be 2500-3000 lbs as noted. 20-25% of gross wieght.
Marty
Reality, a tire upgrade, common is a 265-75-16, nets you 6800 or so lbs of tires. RA on my 88 and 96 K3500 were 2200-2400 empty. Around 3000 lbs to put on RA before overloading things.
A dually version has a 7500 RA. You could do as I did to the 96, install a 6/1 spring pack vs stock 5/1, make them about 1/16-1/8" thicker, you have 8500 lbs of springs.....
A few things and yes you could handle family and hitch wieght. I would swag going to be 2500-3000 lbs as noted. 20-25% of gross wieght.
Marty
