nlambert182
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- Huntsville, AL
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- 2018
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- 6.7 Cummins
This is my first fifth wheel. I pulled it home 4 hrs on the interstate. It's a 2008 Coachmen Adrenaline 43' toyhauler. Gross weight came in at just shy of 17k lbs. The truck is a 2012 Ram 2500 HO. It had leaf springs like your truck versus the coils on the one I have now and had a payload of 2,800 lbs. This is likely similar to what you're going to see. I managed to make it home and had the dealership pick it up. Rookie mistake on my part that I admit to.Thanks lambert. I have walked other smaller toy haulers and not impressed with the layout or quality and I don't want a bumper pull. Wife is set on this trailer! May just get the trailer and weight it on the way home. See where the numbers are. If not bad, I will load it up and go back and weigh again. If way over, probably will bite the bullet and look at getting a dually....
I am learning the heavy duty truck and larger trailers so appreciate everyone providing feedback/information. Thank you!!!!!
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We moved down to a lighter 34' bunkhouse that the truck could tow and had no issues with it for quite a long time. When the wife wanted a bigger trailer I went out and bought the truck to tow it first.
This is my 4th fifth wheel. 2020 Coachmen Chapparal 392MBL. Pulled it with my 2016 3500. 43' tip to tail and weighed in loaded at 16,480 lbs. The truck was sitting perfectly level when we were loaded up for camping.
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Big difference in the squat for a trailer with relatively similar GVWRs and pin weights. If she's dead set on that specific trailer.... you need a DRW. There's really no issue with driving one vs a single wheel and there is no comparison to the stability when towing. I daily drove that silver truck for 3 years and to this day I wish I had it back. It's something you get used to relatively quickly. I could put that truck anywhere you could stick a single wheel... including through the car line at six flags.
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