1/2 Ton Towable 5th Wheel
Hello: Does anyone have a 5th wheel that they say can be towed by a 1/2 ton truck? Are you actually towing it with a 1/2 ton truck and what kind of truck do you have? I had originally thought t...
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rollindowntheroad wrote:
Sticker says weight of passengers and cargo should never exceed 1,772 lbs.
There you have it. If you are abiding by the payload sticker, your capacity for driver, passengers and 5th wheel hitch and anything else you are carring is 1,772.
Read the fine print for towing capacity. The trailer weight is based on a 150lb driver. So for every single pound you add to the truck above the 150lbs, you have to deduct that from the trailer weight.
So if you have 500lbs of passengers, hitch and stuff, your trailer rating is reduced by 500lbs.
