How much engine to tow 5500 lbs?
My wife and I are looking to buy a used 19-22 ft 5th wheel. Weight range from 35-4000 dry so I am figuring 5-5500 lbs wet weight. I have already decided the TV has to be a 3/4 ton with either a exte...
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marquette wrote:
NC-Hauler What chart are you using? I have been using the NADA specs chart. I looked at a 1993 Dutchman 220RB in Kerrick,MN and the sticker on the trailer UVW said 4015 lbs which corresponds to the NADA guide for weight. The NADA guide has a column for number of axles and weight but I don't think it means weight capacity of each axle.
I looked at NADA chart on the Komfort...showed it had 2 axles at the 3442# rating each.
Yes, the weight rating of each axle is how much weight each axle can carry.....BUT, remember, some of the 5th wheels weight is carried by the truck, (pin weight, approx. 20%)...Thus, when I saw the 5er had two axles rated at 3442 each, I "guessed" what GVW of the 5er is, I didn't see GVW information....but axles would have to be enough to carry weight that 5er might be loaded to, or over the axles...(with some extra left in)....
Those weights still don't knock you out of a 3/4 ton gasser...still not an issue....but it would be nice if you could check out the spec plate on the 5er, if still there and get the units actual GVW
