3/4 ton GMC D/M
Hey folks, my daughter's boyfriend wants to buy a 5th wheel with a pin weight of 2500# dry and pull it with his 2006 3/4 ton GMC D/M.I'm trying to talk him out of it but he says the salesman says that...
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Tell him to load about 500 lbs of stuff in the truck with full tank of fuel and go to a scale and weigh the truck. The difference between his weight and the gvwr of the truck (posted on sticker in door jamb) is what he has left in payload for pin weight.
The pin weight of most fifth wheels will be around 20 percent of the loaded weight of the trailer. Ignore dry weights and what the manufacturer says the pin weighs. Loaded is what counts.
That sounds like too much trailer for that truck, but it will pull it.
The pin weight of most fifth wheels will be around 20 percent of the loaded weight of the trailer. Ignore dry weights and what the manufacturer says the pin weighs. Loaded is what counts.
That sounds like too much trailer for that truck, but it will pull it.
