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Originally Posted by Lnhjones
Hi!
My husband I just got our first 5th wheel a few months ago. Avalanche 390DS. We LOVE it, but we are VERY cautious. Our maiden voyage was an expensive lesson in routing ones course carefully. This sucker is BIG and HEAVY, so we creep. The TV is a Chevy 3500HD. We've been out a couple of times so far and just love it. We have a huge cross-country (GA-ID) trip planned for late June. We'll mortgage the house for gas money and head out.
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Congratulations and Welcome on a great looking new 5th wheel! Just some words of caution.
In my opinion your new 5er has a very low Carrying Capacity (2,116 lb.) for it's size. I think even if you are a travel "Lite" couple you will find it easy to exceed the listed Carrying Capacity.
Yes, that is a big 5er! here some specs;
Shipping Weight 14,384 lb.
Carrying Capacity 2,116 lb.
GVWR 16,500 lb.
Hitch 2,740 lb.
Length 43 ft 0 in
Height 13 ft 3 in
I hope your Chevy 3500 HD is a DRW, at GVWR and 22% pin your looking at 3,630# of hitch. While with the new trucks 350/3500 GVWR in the 12,300# range have payloads of 4,000#+ towing that large and long 5th wheel will much more relaxing with a DRW.
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