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Here are my truck and trailer attached and ready to go. Haven't done any more than a short pull to setup the Pro Trailer Backup (pretty cool by the way), but I have a 600+ mile trip around the corner. Looking forward to it.
Just made it Fort Mill SC from Massachusetts 12 Eco boost 373 rear end think it's killing my mpg averaged 8-9 trailer is 5500 dry so say about 6800 with all our stuff
O yeah think we killed every bug on the way down.
Do you have any inside pics... It looks just like my Forrest river from the outside. Very nice.
We recently picked up this trailer, a 2016 Jayco Eagle HT 27.5. This photo is from our maiden voyage about 50 miles from home. Truck is a 2015 Supercab 4X4 with the 5.0 and 3.55 rearend with max tow package. Truck is equipped with the Reese Custom Rail kit and a Reese 16K hitch. I also installed Supersprings. With the Supersprings the bed drops about 3" when loaded. The trailer is equipped with a Reese Revolution / Sidewinder Hitch for shortbed trucks. Now, with this combination the truck carries only my wife, the dogs, and me to give us some room on the max gross vehicle weight. I have about 1300 pounds to max combined weight. Truck travels great down the road. Handles the hills okay and tracks true.
If I had another option I wish I would have gone to the 3.73 rear end. Maybe I'll upgrade later.
Awesome setup, it can be tough to find 3.73 gears btw. Supersprings was a smart move. A tire with a tougher sidewall might be a good idea when those wear down.
Originally Posted by Ping
Zoinks Scoobe! Whats payload on that ****? Tongue weight on conventional tow is 10-15% ideal for trailer, but for 5th wheel pin-weight is more like 20-25%.
20% if your lucky, but there's no way you're going to 25% without being over payload.
I've always seen 17-20% for the half-ton towable 5th wheels
Originally Posted by subpay
Payload is about 200lbs. Pin weight on this is 1400lbs. Dry weight on the trailer is 7400lbs.
Looks like yours is 19%. 1000 lbs in the trailer and you have about 1600 lbs pin weight. That leaves you 400 lbs, so trading for an Anderson 5th wheel hitch might be a good move if you run out of payload.
04-19-2016, 02:59 PM
