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Rocketsled · 08-25-2021, 07:22 AM

The Chevy towing guide calls out 5th wheel and gooseneck towing as separate from bumper pulling, and I know (yes I know, oh how I know) that we talk about the yellow payload sticker being the gospel for towing. (And in this fantasy, the trailer I’m lusting after is 750 lbs heavier at the pin than my whole payload)

But I thought the whole benefit of a 5th wheel was that it was locating all the weight on the rear axle (or nearly all of it, as geometry and safety allows). GM doesn’t even specify a pin weight on the 5th wheel/gooseneck charts, saying in a footnote that it should be 15% of the trailer weight.

It’s still that payload sticker, eh?

08-25-2021, 07:22 AM	#1
Rocketsled Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Parker Posts: 253	Calling all weight polic: 5th wheel question The Chevy towing guide calls out 5th wheel and gooseneck towing as separate from bumper pulling, and I know (yes I know, oh how I know) that we talk about the yellow payload sticker being the gospel for towing. (And in this fantasy, the trailer I’m lusting after is 750 lbs heavier at the pin than my whole payload) But I thought the whole benefit of a 5th wheel was that it was locating all the weight on the rear axle (or nearly all of it, as geometry and safety allows). GM doesn’t even specify a pin weight on the 5th wheel/gooseneck charts, saying in a footnote that it should be 15% of the trailer weight. It’s still that payload sticker, eh?