5th wheel real world number request

sgfrye wrote:
Ok made the mistake of going to rv show last weekend with wife. We have. 33ft TT that I'm happy with. Rear kitchen model. Wife myself and 4 small dogs.


Well as wife's go she always likes to window shop and loves fivers. I love 3 things about fivers. Ceiling height, pass thru storage and fifth wheel hitch. To help me explain to her what our truck can handle will the fiver veterans chime in on what weight range we could handle.

She knows we can't even look at 15k fivers. New truck is not an option. I would love a diesel but that's not happening

I'm not a newbie I know factory weights mean nothing but at least they are a baseline to start. Below are my truck specs. I'm not looking to push limits been down that road with a f150. I prefer a comfortable towing experience Looking for a baseline on fiver weights to compare to my truck

Any advice is appreciated.

My truck

2017 f250 4x2 crew cab 6.2 gasser 6 foot bed 3.73 rear end


Gvwr 19500 lbs
Gvwr 10,000 lbs

Fr gawr 4100 lbs
Rear gawr 6340 lbs

Loaded to camp on cat scales

6640 lbs total

Front axle 3800 lbs
Drive axle 2840 lbs.

We are weekend warriors. We only load for 3 days camping. empty tanks maybe 10 gallons fresh tank for bathroom breaks on the road. We don't dry camp or boondock

2 model lines to look at that are "half-ton towable" (yeah, right), are the Jayco Eagle HT and the KZ Durango 1500 line. The Jaycos have a GVW of 9,950 on most models and the KZs have a GVW of 10,500 on most models. The KZs, which is what I ended up with, all have larger black tanks, which is necessary as we do boondock on occasion. The Jayco model we were looking at went to 2 grey tanks for '18, so have quite a bit more than the KZ, but that's not an issue for me. Fresh tanks are slightly larger on the KZ, overall, but not always. I'd feel comfortable towing my KZ, at just under 32', with a gasser.

Lyle