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Old 04-18-2019, 06:11 PM   #44
Logan X
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Originally Posted by guitarboy52 View Post
When we purchased our 2018 Keystone Passport 2520 RL, I owned a 2016 Silverado 1500, was assured we had plenty of truck. It wasn't to bad for local, but as we were planning a southern trip I found that wasn't true. GRV for our passport is 7000 lbs., that left little room for error. Moved up to 2500 HD Silverado, which almost doubled our pull behind capacity. We are now in the market for a 1/2 ton 5th wheel. The 2500 HD will handle 14,000 lb. + GVW 5th wheel. Looking for 5th wheel with GVW of around 11,000 lb., that gives us a little over a 20% grace. I think this is necessary for hilly and mountain terrains.
The pin weight on fifth wheels is usually pretty heavy and can eat up the payload capacity in a 2500 truck pretty quickly. If you haven’t checked it, the payload capacity for your truck is listed on a sticker in the drivers side door. “The total weight of occupants and cargo shall not exceed xxxxlbs.” For planning, the hitch weight of your fifth wheel is 20% of the trailers GVWR. Or for an 11000 lb trailer the hitch weight is about 2200lbs. Sorry if you knew all of this already, I would hate to see you get in another situation where you have too much trailer and not enough truck.

Good luck!
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