I know that you see quite a few questions like this but bear with me I'm new!
We are looking at possibly getting a Fifth Wheel to do some short ( 400 mile round trip) weekend trips.? And have been looking at some smaller units.
Tow vehicle is a 2005 Chevy 1500 Z71 4x4 extended cab short box. 5.3L, 3.42 rear, w/tow pkg.
Trailers that we are looking at are:
Amerilite 21FMS? ?640 hitch wt? 4405 dry wt
Insbruck 23FRBL? 940 hitch wt? 4705 dry wt
Rockwood 2320? 746 hitch wt? 4106 dry wt
Adding 1000 +/- for accessories etc puts us at a trailer weight around 6000 lbs,? the book at the dealer showed a max fifth wheel weight of 7900 lbs.
But now for the questions, this is the first larger trailer that we have owned, we have a boat and a 5x8 enclosed trailer. I do not like to overwork a vehicle asking it to do something it is not designed to do. Is this size trailer going to be a load that will turn out to be more of a pain than it's worth.
The last thing I want is to get a trailer and then not want to pull it because the truck has to work too hard just to get it out of the driveway.
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Kaycee
We are looking at possibly getting a Fifth Wheel to do some short ( 400 mile round trip) weekend trips.? And have been looking at some smaller units.
Tow vehicle is a 2005 Chevy 1500 Z71 4x4 extended cab short box. 5.3L, 3.42 rear, w/tow pkg.
Trailers that we are looking at are:
Amerilite 21FMS? ?640 hitch wt? 4405 dry wt
Insbruck 23FRBL? 940 hitch wt? 4705 dry wt
Rockwood 2320? 746 hitch wt? 4106 dry wt
Adding 1000 +/- for accessories etc puts us at a trailer weight around 6000 lbs,? the book at the dealer showed a max fifth wheel weight of 7900 lbs.
But now for the questions, this is the first larger trailer that we have owned, we have a boat and a 5x8 enclosed trailer. I do not like to overwork a vehicle asking it to do something it is not designed to do. Is this size trailer going to be a load that will turn out to be more of a pain than it's worth.
The last thing I want is to get a trailer and then not want to pull it because the truck has to work too hard just to get it out of the driveway.
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Kaycee