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Old 06-16-2019, 06:40 PM   #17
Logan X
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With the suggestions you received regarding getting a Dually, It essentially comes down to payload capacity. The payload capacity is the amount of weight you can carry inside of your truck. This includes the pin weight of your fifth wheel in addition to all of the occupants and cargo in the truck.

The payload capacity is different for every truck and it is listed on a sticker inside the drivers door. It says “all occupants and cargo shall not exceed xxxx pounds.”

The pin weight on bigger fifth wheels is around 3 thousand pounds or more. To accommodate the heavy pin weight, you need a truck with a large payload (or cargo carrying capacity) hence a Dually.

A 3/4 ton truck, like an F250, has a payload around 2000 pounds. A 1 ton single rear wheel truck, like an F350, has a payload capacity around 3000 to 3500 pounds, and a dual rear wheel 1 ton, like an F450, has a payload capacity of around 4000 to 5000 pounds. Those are just rough estimates to use as examples.

Also, the Dually will be the most stable towing platform for a large fifth wheel.

When you are looking at weights, don’t use the dry or empty weights. For calculating the pin weight on a fifth wheel, it will be about 22% of the trailers fully loaded weight, or the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR).

Trailer GVWR x .22 = estimated pin weight. Or for a 16000 pound trailer the pin weight would be around 3500 pounds.

I hope that made sense.
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