MFL wrote:
ACZL wrote:
IMO it's a no go. Truck should weigh in around 8600# +/-. Going by replies from others, the RV's dry weight is 14k and max of 16k. You will be at max capacity all the way around if not over on some. I had same truck, but when we upgraded RV's we were in same situation as you. Yes truck towed it fine and I loved the truck, but didn't like being right at max on everything. Dry weight of new coach was 14k and max was 16k. Fully loaded, pin was 3700, RV 16,000, total weight on truck 12,300, combo 24,600. Ended up getting a DRW 350 and night/day diff in towing. Yes the DRW sux in the snow, but for towing north of 15k max RV weight, you are in DRW territory.
Dry wt is just 12K with a large CCC, loaded GW likely 14-14.5K, kind of reason OP said the numbers fit.
Jerry
You are indeed correct. If however the dry weight is more (say closer to 14k) and figure at least 2,000# of "stuff" then that changes things I figure.Really have to look at dry & max weight of RV and kinda figure the mfr dry weights are not always 100% correct (same as mfr advertised pin weights). Like I mentioned in my 1st post, really thought our '15 SRW not only would be perhaps are last truck and able to tow pretty much anything, we simply ran out of numbers when we got the new RV. I wasn't too concerned about yanking it around here in NY or close by states, but heading to FL in summer and being over on tires just planted a gut feeling of not being comfy. So that's how we ended up w/ the DRW. Don't get me wrong, the DRW is awesome for towing the RV, but it does kinda stink for everyday running around and surely stinks in the winter. That's where our old SRW shined.....especially towing our 4 place V-nose close to 30' sled trailer. DRW, like a farm tractor give you a wider footprint and spreads the weight out on 4 tires rather than 2.
