He only has a total of 2 posts- the question he asked in the first post, and a quick response saying his weights aren’t an issue.
Realistically, he doesn’t need to address this thread anymore. His question was directly answered in the first sentence of the second post. The second paragraph of the second post set off the unsolicited payload concerns (as predicted in post 3). OP is clearly not concerned with any of that, only getting the puck system question answered, so he just gets to sit back and watch everyone argue 5th wheel weights amongst themselves.
They might be unsolicited, and OP might have been unconcerned with those, but it's still something that needs to be addressed by whoever is going to be driving that truck with a fifth wheel (or any trailer with that kind of weight) behind it.
Can it be done? Sure. Is it safe? Not really. Will it explode on the first trip? No. And they may never have an issue, depending on how they drive and how far they travel with it. But I'm going to venture to guess that they're probably not a conservative driver that takes their time and pays attention to everything around them, if they aren't concerned about that weight behind them. They're also not too concerned about wear and tear on their vehicle, and most half-ton trucks just aren't built to handle that kind of load anymore, even with air bags and stiffer springs, because now it comes down to the rims and axle bearings. The powers that be, in the quest for ever increasing profit margins, have skimped everywhere they can, and very few things are overbuilt today, unlike years past.
