My tow vehicle is a 2013 Dodge Ram 2500 V8 6' 4" Short Box.
Tow Vehicle Specs:
GVWR 8800 From the trucks door
PAYLOAD 1891 ??
5th Wheel Spec:
GVWR 8900 This is this the empty weight?
Passengers, hitch, equipment -700 lbs = 8100
PIN WEIGHT 1780 ??
So my tow vehicle should tow this 5th wheel and be within spec? This seems to be really confusing. What would be the max 5th wheel GVWR I could tow safely? Is there a formula for figuring out what you can pull thats easy to understand?
The GVWR is from the sticker on the door of my truck. The sticker didn't give me the payload but it did give me the GAWR for the front of 5200 lbs and the GAWR for the rear of 6200lbs. The payload I took off a generic table. The pin weight I figured 20% of the trailer GVWR. The trailer GVWR was taken from the yellow sticker on the trailer.
Tow Vehicle Specs:
GVWR 8800 From the trucks door
PAYLOAD 1891 ??
5th Wheel Spec:
GVWR 8900 This is this the empty weight?
Passengers, hitch, equipment -700 lbs = 8100
PIN WEIGHT 1780 ??
So my tow vehicle should tow this 5th wheel and be within spec? This seems to be really confusing. What would be the max 5th wheel GVWR I could tow safely? Is there a formula for figuring out what you can pull thats easy to understand?
The GVWR is from the sticker on the door of my truck. The sticker didn't give me the payload but it did give me the GAWR for the front of 5200 lbs and the GAWR for the rear of 6200lbs. The payload I took off a generic table. The pin weight I figured 20% of the trailer GVWR. The trailer GVWR was taken from the yellow sticker on the trailer.