What Size Truck?
I just put a deposit on a new 5th Wheel the Spes Show: Dry Weight 10,107 lbs Payload 2,085 Lbs Hitch Weight 2,029 Lbs What size truck do I need...
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Me Again wrote:Lwiddis wrote:
Mortimer, two half tons...like coupling train engines? You may have something!
Train engines do not have hold up extra weight. 350/3500 SRW!
I noticed your 5th wheel .. very nice. FWIW, I have a 2017 5er also, my GVWR is 15,000 (yours is 16,000) and I had a 2014 F350 SRW truck. Before we went full time, I weighed the rig and I was 15,200 on the 5er and a pin weight of 3,240. That truck's RAWR was 7,000 lbs. I was 900 lbs over on the trucks CGVWR and 200 lbs over on the RAWR. That truck "towed and stopped the rig just fine", but I was overweight. If anything "bad" would have happened, Lawyers and Insurance Companies become very interested in your weights. Based on that, I felt it was prudent to upgrade the truck and get legal. I now have an new (2016) F350 King Ranch.
I suspect you are in a similar situation ... just FWIW.
