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I have looked at that. The fifth wheel toy haulers we have been looking at are all around 17,000 gvw. That is right about the limit of a 3500 drw gas with a 4.10 rear.
Yeah, that's Cummins 1 ton territory
I have seen those but they look expensive. I will do some research.
You’ll be fine as long as you pick the right fiver. Don’t push the load you can pull and avoid a fiver with a very heavy hitch weight. My new 2500 with the 6.4 and 4.10’s pulls our’s very well, probably about 10,500 or so loaded. Hitch weight is 1250 and the slider hitch with adaptor probably adds another 200 lbs. Over-all, I’m guessing I’m 800-1,000 lbs under my payload rating, which is 3200.
If thanking that a 3500 for anything over 15,000 pounds would be the way to go I absolutely would be looking at diesel. I just returned from glacier national Park with my 1500 5.7 L. I was towing a 22 foot grand design which had a trailer weight of around 8700 pounds filled. My 1500 didn’t even blink an eye going up those mountains with that. I’ve since upgraded to a 33 foot trailer with a fifth wheel.I still have my 1500 but I put in 5000 pound airbags in the rear axle to help support the new weight. My combined weights are 15,750 roughly. The truck and take 17,000 so I’m pretty close. But there’s no way in hell I would ever try and take this trailer up any kind of Appalachian mountains or back up in the glacier national or the mountains of the northwest United States. Absolutely go with diesel it has three times the torque. It’ll also last you a lot longer than a gas engine. If this is your retirement gig think long term.
Curious what model Grand Design you had that weighed 8800lbs? My son has a 2018 Imagine 2670MK (26')(2 slideouts) and the GVWR was about 8600lbs. We weighed it on the CAT scales and it was 8100lbs and he was living in it so it was loaded pretty heavy. Dry weight was listed as 6600lbs. My step-son also just bought a 2021 Grand Design Imagine 3250BH (32') and it weighed 9300lbs empty (except for the 53 gallons the dealer left in the fresh water tank). His GVWR is about 10,200. Just wondering if your 22'er was really 8800lbs? BTW-with my 2013 1500 5.7 3.55's towing the 2670MK I got about 6 MPG. My son towed it with his 2018 2500 6.4 4.10's and averaged about 8 MPG over 9000 mile towing it
6.2 diesel??? Cummins is the 6.7L. A Grand Design 22MLE's dry weight is less than 5200lbs...and it's GRVW is 6995lbs. 8700lbs. loaded? Are you sure? You're 1700lbs. overloaded on you trailer...
I wondered the same thing. I looked up his TT and the numbers weren't anywhere close to his. My son's is 4' longer with 2 slides and weighs less than he posted and his is pretty heavy for a 26'er
Yeah, not trying to bash anyone, just looked like his weights were really heavy for such a small tow behind. I check the GD sight to see what updates they have made so when I go looking for a 5'ver, I have all the info I need.
