RoyBell wrote:
I visit this show yearly. I hate that it's hard to find anything, but enjoy looking at the campers nonetheless.
Lot of 5th wheels there this year, seemed quite a bit more than previous years. Walked by the General RV section and all their 5th wheels had pictures of half ton trucks with "your truck can tow this" wording, followed by the dry weights of the campers. 7500, 8000, 8500lbs :E
I can only imagine what the pin weight of a 31' 5th wheel ready to camp is. Scary advertising out there.
It's been going on for years; My old Tundra was rated to tow 10,000 lbs, so that must mean it can tow a 10,000 lb fiver, right? Wrong! It was a Crew Max with the lowest payload rating of 1325 lbs so I would be way over the payload rating and even the gross rear axle rating. For some reason, the RV dealers are allowed to get away with this.
