RedRocket204 wrote:
transamz9 wrote:
How much heavier is the fifth wheel than the tt? Load the tt to that weight and see how it tows.
Don't you mean, "properly load balance the TT to that weight and see how it tows"?
That is assuming the TT has enough payload to accomodate that extra weight.
Completely agree with OP that bad TT towing experience usually comes down to one or more of three things; improper loading balance/tongue weight, not enough truck, poor WDH setup.
I should have responded to this sooner, sorry between work and repacking the new camper, I've not been able to spend much time here.
My Outback, loaded weighed in around 11,000 pounds. The new 5er, empty, except for propane tanks, as it was empty driving from the dealer, according to the manufacturer, weighs in around 12,500. Unbelievable, as big as this 5er is, that's all it weighs empty.
Um ... it's now loaded. Almost everything that came out of the Outback and the truck bed and those shelves in the construction style shell, is now all loaded in the new 5er, ready for take-off tomorrow morning to General Butler State Park in Kentucky.
According to Bing maps, it's only 3 hours and 15 minutes from my house to the State Park. Hum! The way my wife and drive, it may take us 10 hours to get there ... we stop too much and too many times no matter where we go.
Looking forward, all hitched right now, ready to go, and been spending every night in the camper doing drive way camps since we picked it up Tuesday. FYI, all systems working good!
And yes, beginning to find all the little defects and "shoddy" craftsman ship ... like ... um ... one screw that was loose. So far, that's it! Real shoddy work these manufacturers ... real shoddy! Dang that screw! :B
