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Originally Posted by mjeronimo
Hi All,
Going from a travel trailer to 40 ft fifth wheel. Fifth wheel has a 2100 pound pin weight and GVWR 14,200 pounds. Goose box 16 K is rated for 3200 pounds pin weight 20 K rated 4000 pounds. Anyone out there with same size fifth wheel with real world weights? Do you exceed 3200 pounds pin weight? Anyone using a goose box 16k what size fifth wheel.
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If you're using the brochure or website pin weight specs, to get the pin weight, then its low... ideally, the pin weight for a 5th wheel is generally 20-25% of the GVWR.
20% of 14200 is 2840#
22% of 14200 is 3124#
25% of 14200 is 3550#
Go with the bigger goose box.
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