Suspension advice needed
Recently weighed my truck and fifth wheel and discovered that the truck weighs 10,000 pounds with the trailer attached. That was without my wife and dog. That happens to be the GVWR also, so I am a ...
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diplomatdon wrote:
Well Frank it seems you don't understand what I was saying. I never said take all the weight off of the hitch, just several hundred to get his GVW down to where it is legal. Several hundred lbs is not going to affect the stability. A thousand yes but not couple hundred. Over 40 years experience and over 3 million miles. I know how to shift weight without destabilizing the handling. If you disagree then explain your reasoning.
Getting a couple hundred pounds off the pin will not likely affect handling, but could effect the ride. Might lead to increased chucking due to the lighter pin.
As to making the TV unstable, REALLY :R, not likely it is a 5er. If you are within GRAWR, should not be an issue, that is your choice!
We have a 2001 Ram 2500 CTD, talk about low pay load! We got dealer to agree to allow us to hook the 5er up before signing papers, if I had excessive squat the deal was off! Well hardly any squat and even loaded, first trip to scale was a bit of a surprise, only exceeding GVWR, all others well within!
