Towing capacity
I'm looking to purchase either a 5th wheeler or travel trailer and I'm not sure what the towing capacity is of my truck. Here are the specs for my truck. Thanks. Vehicle Name ...
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scolson wrote:
That leads back to my original question. Given the truck I have what would be the max gvwr of a 5th wheel or travel trailer I should be looking at.
Trucks don't carry weight or pull a trailer determined by the trailers length.
Your trucks rear axle/tires will carry the load. The trucks rear 3850 RAWR includes the lessor of your trucks springs/axle/tires and wheels. Your tires may be rated at 4050 lbs but OEM wheel are 2000 or 2050 lbs.
Also P tires capacity on a truck are required by fed regs for its capacity to be derated by dividing capacity by 1.1 which means a 2250 lb rated P tire is now rated at 2045 lbs.
Doing some math shows your truck has a 3850 RAWR. Your crew cab 4x4 is a heavy truck. The rear axle may weigh in the 2400-2500 lb range which leaves approx 1350-1450 lb for its total payload.
Add a 200 lb hitch and 100 lbs for stuff in the truck. Now the truck has 1000-1100 lbs capacity for a TT hitch or a wet 5th wheel pin weight.
There are small 5k-6k 5th wheel trailers out here that your truck can handle.
