5th Wheel Towing Question
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5th Wheel Towing Question
I've been lurking here for weeks, we've been looking at RV's for several months now, the one we really like is a 41', 12,746 UVW with a 2256 lb. hitch weight. I'm also in the process of upgrading my truck and since it will be a daily driver, wanted to avoid a DRW. I've found an F350 SRW with a cargo capacity of 3365 lbs. My question...although I would come in under the CC, including passengers and fuel, would the SRW be sufficient for this or do we need to consider a smaller 5th wheel? Thanks...
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Took my truck with and without trailer to the scales. Truck was loaded with normal trip stuff and full tank of fuel. My 2nd trip, trailer was loaded with normal trip stuff. My pin weight was just a hair over 22% of loaded trailer weight.
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Other people's pin weights are really anecdotal and have nothing to do with what any particular rig will be. The only way they will ever even be close is if they are the identical floorplan. For example, my rig's pin with the garage empty is only 15.7% and drops to only 12.9% with the garage moderately full. It's actually more about axle placement and less about loading. I searched out and found a rig with a lighter pin just to stay near SRW ratings as I didn't want to daily drive a DRW.
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I've been lurking here for weeks, we've been looking at RV's for several months now, the one we really like is a 41', 12,746 UVW with a 2256 lb. hitch weight. I'm also in the process of upgrading my truck and since it will be a daily driver, wanted to avoid a DRW. I've found an F350 SRW with a cargo capacity of 3365 lbs. My question...although I would come in under the CC, including passengers and fuel, would the SRW be sufficient for this or do we need to consider a smaller 5th wheel? Thanks...
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@ 15500lbs GVWR i would plan on 3200lbs of pin weight. Then add your 150 lb hitch. = 3350lbs Then add the wife, the dog, the kids. you very quickly realize that 3300lb of cargo capacity is ..marginal.
Our XLT Premium has 3650lbs of cargo capacity, so a little lighter then a Lariat or nicer. To be flat out honest, I am over the truck GVWR every time we go to the scales with a 16200lb GVWR trailer. Under both axle ratings, but over the trucks 11500lb GVWR - usually right at 11700lbs. You need to decide if that is important to you.
I know I am gonna get slammed for this, but this is why I like the newer SRW RAMs....11700GVWR or better , more like 3800-3900lbs of CCC.....it makes a difference.
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Never being at GVWR is more common than not unless you full time which I don't see the op saying he was planning to do.
s for me being a 3 axle toy hauler, most are much heavier on the pin than a non toy hauler double axle to offset potential garage weight once loaded and yet mine is lighter. So, like I said, arm chair engineering is nothing more than guessing compared to real world scale results. Is the 20% rule more commonly correct than finding a trailer with a light pin like mine? Sure. Can you find a trailer with a much lighter pin than the 20% average if you put in the research time? Sure.
s for me being a 3 axle toy hauler, most are much heavier on the pin than a non toy hauler double axle to offset potential garage weight once loaded and yet mine is lighter. So, like I said, arm chair engineering is nothing more than guessing compared to real world scale results. Is the 20% rule more commonly correct than finding a trailer with a light pin like mine? Sure. Can you find a trailer with a much lighter pin than the 20% average if you put in the research time? Sure.