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Hedgehog
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Jun 02, 2015

Fifthwheel ordered - now I need new truck - advice please

We sold our diesel pusher and just ordered a 2016 Montana 3160RL. The fifthwheel has a dry weight of 11,700 and a pin weight of 2570. I know I need a 1 ton and prefer to stay with single rear wheel be...
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transferred
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Jun 02, 2015
ib516 wrote:
transferred wrote:
Diesel is the only engine for towing more than 5,000 lbs.

LOL

You can make your teenaged quips but the video proves it. Get anywhere north of 10k and a gasser falls on its face when it comes to hills. Sure, you could avoid hills for evermore but the whole point of a 5th wheel is you go to places different to where you live.

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