Fifth wheel hitch weight concerns
New to posting on the forum but have been reading for a couple of years and learning from other's experiences. We currently own a 7300 pound TT and are looking to upgrade to a fifth wheel. Looking a...
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therink wrote:
You said you have the 6.0 gasser. Is your axle ratio 4:10 or 3:73? If 3:73, the max trailer weight you can tow is something like 9600 loaded. If 4:10 it jumps to around 13,600.
The loaded pin on that fiver is going to be around 2600 lbs. Add 150 for hitch, 500 for passengers and gear and you are going to be over the gvwr of the truck. Anything else in the bed of the truck, tools, firewood, etc will put you way over gvwr.
Lots of people tow heavy fivers with 3/4 trucks but I would consider a lighter fiver or a 1 ton truck.
I have been in this boat and was not comfortable towing over weight so I moved to a one ton. I now have room to spare.
therink
Just wondering how your fiver tows? Noticed in your signature that your trailer is almost identical to the one we were looking at. The manufacturer lists your hitch weight to be about 1890 and the total starting at 10,720. I do have a 4:10 which was my only option so that puts my max fifth wheel towing at 14,000. I know this does not allow for all of the items in my truck tike passengers, hitch and other things that get loaded bofore a trip.
