SWR 5th wheel towing
I am really getting close to pulling the trigger on a Chevy 3500 Duramax crew cab short bed. This will be my first diesel and hope I can pull it off. I current have a 2500 gas. We want to upgrade to a...
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Devocamper wrote:
We towed a 36 foot 4 slide 15,600 5th Wheel first with a 2500 short bed gmc 8.1 gas with a manual slider hitch and it handled it ok , then towed that same 5th Wheel with a Chevy 3500 diesel DRW long bed ext cab and it was a dream to tow ! It always felt like there was more than enough truck and was rock solid towing , Really depends on how often and how far your towing . If your doing a lot of traveling you may feel better with the long bed DRW , from experience there is no better setup but cost can’t always be justified. I have always had a Toyota echo that’s now about 20 years old for a daily driver when I was working so having the bigger truck has never been a problem , currently have gone to a DRW gas setup for our current TC which has also worked out well , you will never hear or read about someone having to much truck!! Good luck and safe travels .
I have a highboy I can tow behind the Peterbilt as well as a tandem dually gooseneck equipment trailer I can tow behind my SRW. For loads under 30,000 lbs I always choose the pickup over the Peterbilt. So I would rather be a little over loaded than than way underloaded. I think the SRW 3500 series trucks are perfect for pulling up to about 16,000 lb RV's.
