SRW for pulling Fifth Wheel
I am looking to buy a new truck because we intend to upgrade to a fifth wheel within the next few years. I have read a ton of articles and posts saying that a dually is better and the truck to have. P...
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op wrote:
I am looking at a chevy or gmc 3500 crew cab diesel with the standard bed. I would really love to hear from people with the similar truck pulling fifth wheels....any issues?
I would make sure whatever fifth wheel I bought matched the specs of the truck. The one we are thinking of grosses at 15K and a pin weight of 2500#
Thanks in advance!
A 15k lb 5th wheel trailer can have a 3000 lb plus pin weight (20 percent) up to 3750 lbs at 25 percent of the trailers gvwr.
A 2500 lb hitch weight = maybe a 12500 lb trailer at 20 percent hitch weight.
The 3500 SRW GM has a 7050 rawr that will be carrying all the load in the bed. The 3500 rear axle may weigh in the 3200-3300 lb range depending on cab/4wd/etc leaving it with approx 3500-3700 lb for a in the bed payload. And of course the Dmax/A sure won't have any issues pulling a 15k lb trailer.
A 3500 SRW GM sounds like a good combo for that size trailer.
