Maximum 5th wheel weight for SRW
I'm going to buy a new 5th wheel this spring and I know I must upgrade my truck also. I like the Excel 37IKE but it has a GVW of 18,700 and I hate DRW trucks. Is there any make of SRW that would safe...
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I DO like Oranges better, ALtho a slightly greenish Green apple is good too. Reds are also good. Not to found of the yellow varieties. Something to do with them being in the rose family me thinks........then again, so are cherries, peaches, apricots, among other things I like too..........oh yeah, them prune things that make one run are from the rose family too!
Then again from a twuck standpoint, I have never been found of the engine/axel ratio GCWR BS. I've seen rigs with the WRONG axel but do better than the ones with the correct ratio, ALL because the transmission is taller gears, ie MUCHO taller gears in the correct ratio vs the wrong ratio! One needs to know do you "gear it fast, run it slow" or "gear it slow, run it fast". Once you figure this out, you can choose the correct ratio. Then one should also put in a factor for tire diam, since it is a gear ratio too. IE a 3.42 geared rig with 28" tires, all other things equal, will have the same shift points as a 3.73 geared rig with 30" tires, which will have the same shift points as a 4.10 geared rig with 32" tires.......
Marty
Then again from a twuck standpoint, I have never been found of the engine/axel ratio GCWR BS. I've seen rigs with the WRONG axel but do better than the ones with the correct ratio, ALL because the transmission is taller gears, ie MUCHO taller gears in the correct ratio vs the wrong ratio! One needs to know do you "gear it fast, run it slow" or "gear it slow, run it fast". Once you figure this out, you can choose the correct ratio. Then one should also put in a factor for tire diam, since it is a gear ratio too. IE a 3.42 geared rig with 28" tires, all other things equal, will have the same shift points as a 3.73 geared rig with 30" tires, which will have the same shift points as a 4.10 geared rig with 32" tires.......
Marty
