Pulling a 15500 lb 5er
Still haven't settled in on a particular rv or format yet but we really like looking. Stopped in at a dealership today and the salesman showed us a used 5er, a 40 ft Komfort (by Dutchmen) which had a ...
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mikemc53 wrote:
Still haven't settled in on a particular rv or format yet but we really like looking. Stopped in at a dealership today and the salesman showed us a used 5er, a 40 ft Komfort (by Dutchmen) which had a GVWR of 15500. I commented that this wasn't a unit for a 3/4 ton but was told (obviously) that it is doable. Now I know little about this stuff but I am rather sure that at 15500 lb with an approximate pin weight of 3000 lb that the 3/4 ton would not handle this at all. I would like to know, though, what it would take to pull something of this size, comfortably?
I understand that without all of the data it is kind of open-ended but, in general for a 40 ft 15500 lb 5er, what would we be looking at?
Newer SRW 1-tons could handle this. Some have a payload of roughly 4000 lbs. I'd also recommend a dually as well. But definitely not a 3/4 ton or a SRW with less than a 4000 lbs payload.
