RV Salesman and Truck Recommendations
I was at a local RV show the other day and was inside a Cedar Creek Hathaway 34RL2. The catalog lists the following weights: GVWR 16,270 Hitch 2,270 UVW 12,009 Length 37' 11" There was anoth...
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womps wrote:
The salesman was right, a 3/4 ton diesel truck will easily tow that 5th wheel. It just won’t be anywhere close to legal doing it.
Legal? If he registers it for the proper weight he would be more legal then many weight police here.
I see farm and construction trucks every day that are over the rating going down the road and seldom ever see them broke down. A friend had an F150he used in construction, added an extra leaf to the rear springs (common) for an extra 1000lbs and at 250k miles he had engine work done. I ran mine over approx 300 lbs and folks here claimed it would explode and kill folks even tho it was a joy to tow. Getting there was half the fun of camping. The engine, tranny, drive train worked fine right up to trade off. The bed rusted so there wasn’t much floor left and cab was starting holes. Did 300 lbs over gvwr and 1000lbs over cgwr cause it to rust? It sure didn’t hurt the drive train and suspension.
Only on RV.net does the sticker on the door post determine life and death, legal or illegal. The fact is with the mentality of many here, the vehicle is severely over loaded at any weight as soon as the driver slides behind the wheel.
