Help with a TV

[Ricpin]

My wife and I are planning to purchase our frist 5th wheel.We have decided on a Montana 3750FL. If anyone owns one please tell me what you use for a TV. Do I need a DRW or can I get a SRW drive Pick Up.I don't have a truck so any infromation would help me in decideing on what TV to purchase. We plan on going down south during the winter and out west during the summer. This is only the frist of the many questions we will have. Thank you for all your help.

[bfast54]

In this particular case..I am going to toss somethng intersting into the mix.


If YOU HAVE THE ROOM........Where you park, or plan on Full timing ..You would do well to Seriously Think about a MD Medium Duty, or HD Heavy duty. Class 7..


Why in the world Would I suggest this , for your First Rig?????


Let me tell you.

I stop into the Dealers on a occasional period, and NEW Dually Diesels, all big three Are running..$50.000.00 to $60.000.00


Now, you need to go to the MD, HD Forums, some are on RV net I believe.,, but HD Forums are ou t there ..

and chat with the Guys.

You can get a Good Used Freightliner, Volvo , with 750,000 miles give or take...for some where around $20,000.00 to $30,000.00

about half the price of a New Big Three Dually.:W

The Forums will point you the way..there is a Great shop, that will help you find a Good used class 8, convert it to a class 7 Tandem axle to single axle.


Maybe a couple renewed AIR RIDE seats, some other stuff..you hav e WAY MORE truck, with a Margin of safety.

NOW this might not be the way FOR YOU...but Please do yourself a Favor, and think about it. I Personally Know 2 couples who went this way They Love it.:B

[MTPockets1]

Many try to justify a SRW, but numbers don't lie. Definitely DRW territory.

[donn0128]

Yea, you need a dually. Anything else and you will be bandaidingm the truck to just make do.

[Cummins12V98]

Flat land towing you may be okay but mountain grades it sure is nice to have that rock solid feeling a Dually gives.

Been driving our Dually full time traveling for over 3 years. Don't limit your self. With discounts the dually option is $1,020. Pretty darn cheap in my book and it also gives you three axle ratio options on the RAM.

[Peg_Leg]

It's closer to 16k than 15k gross. Dually because of the pin weight, Diesel due to the total weight.

My gas dually is right at the limits for my 13,500 gross 5er. My loaded pin weight is just a bit over what you dry pin specs state (2270 shipping pin weight). I easily have another 1,000 lbs in the bed so close to what your pin will be. The weight is no problem with my dually, load capacity of 5,000 lbs plus. My gasser's tow specs top out near 13,500 lbs with the 4.10 rear end.

Bottom line get the diesel dually and be safe and happy.

[jerem0621]

GVWR looks to be about 16,270....

16,270 * .20= 3,254 lbs of Max pin weight. Add 250 lbs for a 20 k hitch and you have 3,500 ish lbs sitting on the truck before you get in the truck, that is, if you are fully loaded. You need 4,500-5k lbs of payload for your truck and this trailer...you are squarely in Dually range. I would even consider a 350/3500 series DRW truck MINIMUM.

Enjoy the new rig! That's a sweet looking trailer

Thanks!

Jeremiah

[JoeGood988]

I'm sure the fifth wheel will weigh 16,000 - 18,000 at minimum. The least you should go is a 1 ton, diesel dually. Everyone will be suprised if they take the trailer to a scale and actually weigh it will all your "stuff" onboard. Always better to have too much truck that too little. Especially once you go out west and hit the mountain grades