5th Wheel Toy Hauler Empty Pin Weight Ratings

rjstractor wrote:

otrfun wrote:
Payload sticker on our '16 Ram 3500 SRW is 3964 lbs. That leaves us with 164-364 lbs. of remaining payload. For some this may not be a big deal, but for us, way too close for comfort. Not that I'd ever trust a dealer, but as expected they said I have more than enough truck for 2500-2700 lbs, of empty pin weight, and even went so far as to say these units get pulled all the time with 3/4 tons. Well, that may be true, but there's no way you can make the numbers work on a calculator.

I think a lot hinges on what you plan to carry in the garage of the toy hauler. Everything you add behind the axles will lighten the pin weight, everything ahead will add to it. Big difference between hauling bicycles or Harleys in the garage, the Harleys would actually lighten the pin significantly.

Not as much as you think. The axles on my TH are almost under the garage. My water tank is foward of the axle, over 800# when full. The fuel tank 32 gallons is behind the rear axle. Just about everything you put in it adds to the pin weight and it adds up fast.