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Originally Posted by Abnmarine
I just purchased a 2011 Dodge 3500 SRW truck with a short bed. It will be towing a 2010 Cameo with a dry weight of 12,500 and est loaded weight of 14,500. Does anyone forsee any problems with this?
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1. If your truck has a laden curb weight of 7,500 lbs (a trip to the scales can get you an accurate number here - just weigh loaded up with driver, passengers, full fuel tank, cargo, hitch, etc. just like you were headed out on the road with the RV) and you load the 5th wheel anywhere near its estimated loaded weight of 14,500 lbs, 20% or more of the 5th wheel's weight will be carried by the truck as pin weight on the hitch. Let's say the pin weight is 20% x 14,500 lbs = 2,900 lbs. Your truck's GVW will then be 7,500 lbs laden curb weight + 2,900 lbs pin weight = 10,400 lbs. If you check your door sticker, I believe you'll find the GVWR of your SRW truck is 10,100 lbs.
2. An extended pin box doesn't change the width of the 5th wheel. If you get into a tight situation where you're approaching a 90 degree angle, if the distance from the back of the cab to the center of the kingpin bore in the hitch is less than 1/2 the width of your RV, there will be contact.
Rusty