New member Keystone Owner

[travelin texans]

Originally Posted by CHIMOMMY2

Thank goodness I'm not the only one.
This is all great information, it kinda worried me. In talking to our friend. Whom has the same truck and pulls a 40' montana, we are at the trucks max, but like he said " we will be ok pulling it with the truck we have "

Your friend as well as you have fell victim to the meaningless numbers published everywhere for trucks & rvs.
The max tow rating for any truck means nothing in the rv world. That number was arrived at by the manufacturers using low profile utility type trailers/goosenecks loaded with all the weight directly over the axles thereby considerably lowering the tongue/pin weights. RVs are NOT low profile & the majority ofthe weight is fixed so you're unable to move it directly over the axles.
RV manufacturers publish "dry weights", is weight is obtained to day it rolled out te factory door, no batteries, no propane, most likely no spare tire & no dealer added options. Meaning you nor anyone else will ever tow it anywhere near that weight.
The pertinent numbers for you are printed on tags on both your truck & your rv. The numbers for your truck are on the driver's door jamb. The yellow/white tag is the payload number you will most likely exceed the quickest. The GVWR for your rv is on the driver's side front corner of the rv. With the rv GVWR times 23% will give you an approximate pin weight for that rv subtract that from the payload posted on your truck along with 150-200lbs for the hitch & the weight of everyone/everything in/on your truck that wasn't on it when it left the factory. With this calculation you'll know where you're at on your truck with your rv. DO NOT use numbers from websites, brochures, your friends truck/rv & ABSOLUTELY nothing the rv/truck salesman may have told you, use the numbers posted on YOUR vehicles.
Once you've done these calculations I'm certain you'll find you, nor your friends, are "just fine" with your current setup, but rather "just dangerous" to you & others sharing the highways with you.