Several new to RVing questions
We plan on buying a RV soon and are struggling with choices. We have a 2014 F-250 6.7 diesel so we can handle most RVs, but would like suggestions for either a bumper pull or 5th wheel. The truck bed ...
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Key figures are the 3150 payload, and the 6100 GAWR. To be sure of what you can handle, you should weigh your truck, full of fuel and with intended passengers.
Weight slip from a Cat scale will give you actual weights for Steer Axle (front), Drive axle (rear) and total weight.
For a 5er, the difference between 6100 (GAWR), and the actual drive axle weight, will tell you how much additional weight you can have in the bed without exceeding axle weight. That will tell you how much pin weight you can handle for a 5er. Typically pin weight is ~25 percent of the total trailer weight.
For a TT, a key figure is the tongue weight, which is ~14 percent of the total trailer weight. That figure, plus ~100 lbs for the hitch, plus whatever cargo you carry in bed of , and passenger weight should not exceed your payload.
These are planning numbers that, generally speaking, should keep you within all your weight limits, and provide a good towing combination.
2 1/2 inch hitch is a class 5.
Mike
Weight slip from a Cat scale will give you actual weights for Steer Axle (front), Drive axle (rear) and total weight.
For a 5er, the difference between 6100 (GAWR), and the actual drive axle weight, will tell you how much additional weight you can have in the bed without exceeding axle weight. That will tell you how much pin weight you can handle for a 5er. Typically pin weight is ~25 percent of the total trailer weight.
For a TT, a key figure is the tongue weight, which is ~14 percent of the total trailer weight. That figure, plus ~100 lbs for the hitch, plus whatever cargo you carry in bed of , and passenger weight should not exceed your payload.
These are planning numbers that, generally speaking, should keep you within all your weight limits, and provide a good towing combination.
2 1/2 inch hitch is a class 5.
Mike
