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Old 01-06-2019, 10:14 PM   #4
fjr vfr
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A bumper pull is a very different animal than a 5th wheel. Even a small 5th wheel expect your payload between the hitch weight, hitch, passengers, cargo to be at least 2,600 lbs. No 1/2 ton truck is rated for that weight.


On another note, dry weight is a meaningless number as well as the hitch weight they list on the trailer. Once out the factory door the trailer will never again be that weight so it's meaningless. It's the same for the pin or hitch weight. My trailer is advertised as half ton towable. My 5th wheel lists the hitch weight at 1375 lbs but when I weighed it loaded for travel it came in around 2,000 lbs. So I'm carrying around 2,700 lbs of payload.



IMHO, If you plan on a 5th wheel don't even think about a 1/2 ton truck. If I were starting from scratch I'd go straight to a 1 ton. You can't have too much truck.
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