Who's Towing a 5th with a half ton?
How many people out there are towing a 5th wheel with a half ton truck, and the weight of your 5th wheel?
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broncobill1964 wrote:
How many people out there are towing a 5th wheel with a half ton truck, and the weight of your 5th wheel?
2011 Ram 1500 Quad cab Laramie
Payload 1570#
Max Tow 8350#
2010 Puma 245RKS 5th wheel
Dry Hitch wt. 1080#
Dry Wt. 6500#
cargo cap. 1637#
25'7" long
While I admit this is/was pushing the rated limits we pulled out to N.J., Maryland, The Blue Ridge area, Land Between The Lakes, and many shorter Michigan/Wisconsin trips and never had any issues or concerns.
A half ton is probably never the perfect answer but if it makes sense for reasons other than part time towing it can be accomplished right wrong or otherwise.
As a side note I did just trade the truck in with 128,000 miles on it for a 2500 so that we can sell the Puma and move up slightly in size with a new unit. I will miss the comfort of the 1500 on my 75 mile daily round trips.
