What make truck is good for pulling a 18,500 GVWR 5th wheel?

[LandJ]

My door sticker has 3901 as payload on '17 Ram 3500 SRW diesel.

[drittal]

My 2013 Laramie Longhorn is under 3800 if I remember correctly. In law's are borrowing the truck atm, but I know for a fact it's under 4k

[Trucking69x]

5picker. I drive a semi. I need a pick up to pull new 5th wheel buying.

[WFD]

Originally Posted by alleyoop

2007 Dodge Duramax Maxicab Dually

Hmmm...wonder how much it cost to buy a Duramax engine to replace the blown up Cummins!

[bob caldwell]

12 valve Cummins are in demand, Dirty max....not so much....

[MillerTime]

Originally Posted by bob caldwell

12 valve Cummins are in demand, Dirty max....not so much....

Maybe where your at. Down here in the south, duramax's are a pretty hot item, but it better be in a 4wd. Its hard to get rid of a 2wd anything thats bigger than a half ton. (At least in our, texas, oklahoma, arkansas region.)

[bob caldwell]

In our area, all you see are 4x4's

[WFD]

14 inches of snow here in the last 2 days, 4x4 sure makes getting around a whole lot easier.

[WFD]

Originally Posted by bob caldwell

12 valve Cummins are in demand, Dirty max....not so much....

Not trying to compare Cummins to Duramax, both are awesome...just wondering how the OP got a Dodge with a Duramax..

[bob caldwell]

Same way a guy I ran into once in Wyoming....had a Ford with a Cummins....transplant

[Mr Havercamp]

Originally Posted by Funhaus

I know a guy who knows a guy who hauls a 30,000 lb boat with his dually Tundra with the duramax cummins engine.

I know a guy that had a 73 Corvega. It was me.

350 motor in a Vega with drag chain wrapped around the headers for motor mounts. It didn't last long, twisted the entire body so the doors would not close and the windshield popped out.

It was not a dually but probably needed to be.

[Funhaus]

Originally Posted by Mr Havercamp

I know a guy that had a 73 Corvega. It was me.

350 motor in a Vega with drag chain wrapped around the headers for motor mounts. It didn't last long, twisted the entire body so the doors would not close and the windshield popped out.

It was not a dually but probably needed to be.

Funny that you say that, I had contemplated doing the same thing once. My brother had a Pontiac Fiero that had a SB Chevy motor in it (in the front)
of course it was a complete ground up job, tubular chassis,tubbed and narrowed 9" ford rearend, it should not have been driven on the street.

[drittal]

I once saw a 60's C30 towing a big fifth wheel with a cowl hood with a cummins badge on it. A company up in Havre Mt specializes in cummins swaps.

[Funhaus]

I think we have kind of strayed from the original topic but, has the O.P been back at all?

[Mr Havercamp]

Way off topic now but I'll see the C 30 and Fiero, and raise you a 76 Camaro retrofitted with a cammed up 454 and twin holley's on a high rise. Never finished but used to cross fingers and take it out on the street once in awhile despite no interior whatsoever. Other than the two old bucket seats with wood blocks under them strapped down to the floorboard.

Wish I still had the pictures of that thing. Actually wish I still had the car.

That was the last "project car" then I became half assed responsible.......it sucks.

[bob caldwell]

After all the posts, I'd think there's be an answer somewhere...

[richp]

Hi,

The answer is in the numbers.

And sadly, they don't point responsibly to a lot of the trucks we see pulling huge rigs like this.

FWIW.

Rich Phillips

[bob caldwell]

Big trailer requires big rig...

[5picker]

Originally Posted by Funhaus

I think we have kind of strayed from the original topic but, has the O.P been back at all?

Yes... post #43 answered my post. (#3)

5picker. I drive a semi. I need a pick up to pull new 5th wheel buying.

[donanddona]

Once you get 18,500 in a side wind you'll wish you had a dually.