So my wife and I are going to be getting a truck and a fifth wheel soon. We’re using it for full time so it’s going to be a bigger guy for sure. But in my months of research, article reading, and trolling YouTube, I cannot understand what capacity tow rating I need versus the weight I’ll be actually carrying in an RV/fifth wheel. I’m trying to understand these numbers and abbreviations. Things like GVWR, GCWR, dry weight, wet weight, and I’m honestly not understanding the actual figures. Every explanation I’ve found just seems to repeat the same words in a different order and it doesn’t help. Sooooo, explain it like I’m five: what is the tow rating I need and the actual capacity of what a fifth wheel should hold? I swear I’m not an idiot, I just don’t understand.
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I don’t have numbers. But I’ve been full time rving for about 6 years now. I have a 2013 Ford f250 diesel single rear wheel short bed and a forest river 35′ fifth wheel with two axles. My truck sags when hooked up to the rv with stock suspension. Pulls just fine power wise no problem. Adding air bags to the f250 handles the weight just fine. So really a f350 single or dually would pull any fifth wheel just fine on stock suspension. Plus I used to deliver rvs years ago and I had a f350 dually then. Never had a problem.
Honestly, rvs are made to be towed with pickups so I wouldn’t worry so much about the weight. If you get a 350 or equivalent you’ll be fine.
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