New member FW sold and TC on order
Hello everyone, this fall we sold our fifth wheel that we loved. I am a car fanatic and I was tired to go camping close to car show without being able to bring my own car. We first agree to look for a...
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We also went from TH to TC. We needed more toy room than 16' we currently had and really did not want an unwieldy long FW in tow when half the time we do not need the large garage. A quarter of the time I tow a smaller flat bed instead of the enclosed trailer.
We were constrained to the TC size due to the short bed but the truck would not have the capacity to tow heavy if we went with heavier TC than the already porky Arctic Fox. We are over 19K lbs GCW which is safely under the rating, but GVW is over the TV rating and we spent some money to beef up the wheels and suspension to make this safe.
The Dodge will need anti-sway bar, shocks and additional suspension support through bags or springs to level out the load you will be carrying. Watch your rear axle weight limit because a heavy TC with heavy trailer on a long extension is the worse case for adding too much axle weight.
We were constrained to the TC size due to the short bed but the truck would not have the capacity to tow heavy if we went with heavier TC than the already porky Arctic Fox. We are over 19K lbs GCW which is safely under the rating, but GVW is over the TV rating and we spent some money to beef up the wheels and suspension to make this safe.
The Dodge will need anti-sway bar, shocks and additional suspension support through bags or springs to level out the load you will be carrying. Watch your rear axle weight limit because a heavy TC with heavy trailer on a long extension is the worse case for adding too much axle weight.
