iI could use advice on what type of truck will work.I am towing a 5th wheel with a pin weight of approx 2600lbs. I can fit a single wheel mega cab 3500, but I am unsore it will safely handle load. advice from anyone would help and thanks in advance.

 

2600 pin weight, plus the weight of the hitch, any people in the truck, tools and other cargo... Personally I'd go dually. That pin weight alone is close to the cargo capacity of a SRW 3500.

If the pin weight you listed was from the trailer's sticker, it is probably the weight of the unloaded trailer, without options, and may be optimistically light at that.


Also, I see this is your first post. Welcome to the forum. Friendly people who know a lot more than I do will chime in shortly I'm sure.

 

thanks the pin weight is listed at 2440 unloaded, gararge wont fit drw. Wife wants to use as everyday vehicle, yes first post, but have been reading for a while all great news thanks

 

A 3500 Mega will work. JuzPlaneKrazy is pulling a 40 ft K-Z New Vision Sportster with his. I think he's over 3000 lbs on the pin.

 

I took my fiver to the local redi-mix plant and used their scale for 5 bucks and weighed everything I could. Took my tri-pod along, the one thats for putting under the pin box. Set tri-pod on scale and raised the front landing jacks, so all the pin weight was on the scale. Now I know for sure how much weight is setting on my fifth wheel hitch. 1400 lbs. waam Holland, Mich.

 

What you need to weigh is all axles. If your weights are within the recommended weights for the truck you will be Ok. Hard to say if a combination will work or not if you don't know the real weight that is being towed.

Take your time to do all the math. It will become apparant to you whether the SRW will work or not.

 

if you have "e" rated michelins or "d" rated bfg allterrains your max weight for the rear axle as stamped on tire is 6390 lbs. just weigh your truck and subtract that from 6390 and that will give your max pin weight. don't forget to weigh the truck with the hitch in the back of it... welcome to the site.....

 

Welcome!! Here's what I'm pulling with my 2500 Mega SRW without problems:





Like stated above, make sure you have E rated tires and you should be fine!

 

I pull a 40ft Raptor 3814SS with my 2500 also, works great, the advertised pin weight is about 2300lbs and with my bags pumped up to 40psi, I run straight and level up the road. Tires are the key. Scotty

 

Whether or not the truck will pull it is not the question. Whether or not you have now traveled 100,000 miles overloaded is not the question ( you've been lucky). The issue is whether you believe in ratings put on the truck by the people who engineered the truck. By the time you add a hitch, fill the fuel tank, add the wife and the dog and seven kids, put some water in the RV and add some "stuff" in the storage and drawers, you will be way over the rating of your tires and your truck running SRW. Not matter what you do to your truck, you will still be over your ratings. You really should have a dually.

A dually is not that different running around town. I park in both parallel and nose in parking downtown all the time with no problems. The difference in stablility when towing is quite different with the duallies versus SRW. My last truck was SRW with air bags pulling this same rig. No comparison to the stability once I hooked up to the dually. Yep, mine won't fit in the garage either - - bummer, but the safety is worth it. The difference in driving it is so minimal in comparison it just makes sense.

Bob

 

Thanks to everyone, it's great to get help. I am still unsure about single long haul , and tire safety ,if i am close to max weight on tires.I want to purchase a dodge 3500 mega cab srw, but if safety is a problem , i would go to drw and brush all the snow off .(new york winters)

 

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