How Legit is FifthWheelSt's Calculator?
i'm looking to purchase a new truck and 5th wheel. The 3 trailers we've narrowed it down to are all very similar in terms of GVWR: roughly 15,500 lbs. The frustrating thing is that I've entered ...
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I towed a 5er that was loaded to 16,300# with a pin weight of 3460#..This from CAT scale weights and some simple Arithmetic. (Simple subtraction)
Don't really need any special "fill in the blank" calculator to figure if a truck can tow a certain 5er...Just some common sense in weighing one's truck, ready to "hook up and go, and compare to data plate on drivers door, i.e. GVWR, (most don't use this, but I still do), BUT, look at RAWR and again, just some very simple Math and one ought to be in the ball park to know if a particular truck can tow a particular 5th. wheel. take 22% of hers GVW and ball park pin weight you'll put in the bed of your truck, (on the hitch)..One should be able to figure out if the need a 3500 SRW truck or a Dually.
A 5er with GVW of 16,000# now? Went up 500#..I like the stability the dually offers, but would think OP should be able to tow 5er he spoke of with his 3500 SRW truck..
Don't really need any special "fill in the blank" calculator to figure if a truck can tow a certain 5er...Just some common sense in weighing one's truck, ready to "hook up and go, and compare to data plate on drivers door, i.e. GVWR, (most don't use this, but I still do), BUT, look at RAWR and again, just some very simple Math and one ought to be in the ball park to know if a particular truck can tow a particular 5th. wheel. take 22% of hers GVW and ball park pin weight you'll put in the bed of your truck, (on the hitch)..One should be able to figure out if the need a 3500 SRW truck or a Dually.
A 5er with GVW of 16,000# now? Went up 500#..I like the stability the dually offers, but would think OP should be able to tow 5er he spoke of with his 3500 SRW truck..
