What can I safely tow?

7.3diesel wrote:
So I went 5th wheel shopping yesterday & looking at the sticker on the 5th wheel I noticed that the trailers had their own GVWR ranging from 7,000 to 16,000 lbs.
What does this rating mean?
Is this the 5th wheel's so called "dry weight"? If not, where do I find the dry weight?
According to a lot of salespeople I talked to yesterday, "a 3/4 ton truck can pull anything but a fully loaded toy hauler". I don't trust them.
What numbers on the trailer to I need to be looking at?

First thing is to ignore the salesman. They lie as their job is to sell trailer, not make sure you have enough tow vehicle.

Forget the dray weight as it is a meaningless number. It does not include any item listed in the brochure as an option. This includes things like the A/C, microwave, awning, batteries, TV etc. An optioned trailer can go 500 to 1000# over the "dry weight" and then you add supplies.

Look at the trailers GVWR since this is the maximum the trailer is rated to weigh with all get, water, etc on board.

Realistically, you need to look at trailers with a GVWR of about 12,000# maximum provided the 20% pin weight does not take your truckl over the GVWR or rear axle GAWR. This generally means trailer in the 30 to 32' maximum length.

I had a 2002 F350 crew cab dually and the truck was a bit over 8100# fueled and ready to hitch up to the trailer.

Ken