Help picking new truck
Hello to all...been lurking here for years and have learned lots here but just signed up as a new member for some advice. I started camping with the normal progression...pop up then a travel trailer (...
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I tow a 16K 5th wheel with a 2015 RAM 3500 SRW. We are loaded heavy for full timing and I am 40 pound over on the TV GVWR. Under on everything else. Trailer is 39'4" and we towed in 40MPH cross winds in the fall on 93 in Nevada and I did that get pushed around at all. Trailer has All Steel ply Sailun S367 235/85R16G's.
It has the 18" TV tires and let the rears now to 45-50 empty and it rides great. Love the 3:42's and Aisin tranny setup. Tow in 5th gear at 60+. Pulls mountain passes great at 24,500 combined.
FWIW the newest generation of SRW 350/3500 trucks can handle what yesteryear required a dually. Ford in 2017, RAM in 2013 and GM in the last couple years greatly increase the frame strength of their pickups, which leads to much better towing experience.
Chris
It has the 18" TV tires and let the rears now to 45-50 empty and it rides great. Love the 3:42's and Aisin tranny setup. Tow in 5th gear at 60+. Pulls mountain passes great at 24,500 combined.
FWIW the newest generation of SRW 350/3500 trucks can handle what yesteryear required a dually. Ford in 2017, RAM in 2013 and GM in the last couple years greatly increase the frame strength of their pickups, which leads to much better towing experience.
Chris
