Fifth Wheel with 5’7” Truck Bed??
I’m looking to get a short(er)/light fifth wheel and wondering about my truck bed. It’s a 5’7” bed and I’m wondering if it may be too short for a fifth wheel. Anything I should look for specifically o...
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carlstone05 wrote:What got me on pin weight is full waste tanks vs truck payload and rear axle rating.
So pin weight on the fifth wheel is 1053# and the axle weight is 4864#.
Most of the FW storage is towards the front, adding pin weight. I saw that coming. My fresh tank is above the FW axles so most of that weight (water is 8.3lb/gal) applies to the FW axles. However, my black and gray tanks are forward of the FW axles. the weight of my full black and gray tanks push me way over truck payload and rear axle weight rating. I have become sensitive to this fact.
