Purchased our one ton dually and 39' 5th wheel today

as some of you may have read in a couple previous posts, we were looking for a Class A diesel pusher, and just decided that it may not have been the best route. We recently took a trip to Texas, and stayed with my grandfather, who has been a 5th wheel enthusiast since retirement, and has owned more than a handful of them and 4 different trucks. Well today we bought this:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...eel/d597_3.jpg

Of course thats just a teaser.... its been a REALLY long day, and im beat to shit, so I'll take a bunch of pics tomorrow, and post them up here. We are keeping the Durango, and when we are travelling to destinations, she will drive the Durango and pull my trailer with both bikes and bbq grill

while you're still numb to it..... what did that set you back?

that's a big fooking trailer

you sure you aren't overweight???????

the truck is a duramax right? (they rock)

I actually got a really good deal.... lets just say under 40K for both, and no it isnt a duramax, its a 454 gasser. I made it up and down ute pass last night, so im sure its capable. todays trailers are quite a bit less weight than the older ones, this one is around 11Klbs dry. I wont ever drag it around with the tanks loaded, and all of our stuff shouldnt be more than 2Klbs.

I think you should scale it
co-ops, truck stops, all have scales
I bet that trailer is over 16,000lbs or more loaded
The truck will haul it, but trailer axles are notoriously cheap and undersized.

Losing a tire or a wheel on that size trailer would be very bad. (and trust me, these crappy chinese trailer tires are nasty)

congrats, you finaly have carpet!

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Originally Posted by JohnTRourke

I think you should scale it
co-ops, truck stops, all have scales
I bet that trailer is over 16,000lbs or more loaded
The truck will haul it, but trailer axles are notoriously cheap and undersized.

Losing a tire or a wheel on that size trailer would be very bad. (and trust me, these crappy chinese trailer tires are nasty)

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yeah i actually planned on scaling it whenever i got it loaded up....

Here are the pics!

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...E93E8C93318322

That Cardinal will be a great trailer for you. They have a lot of features for the money. We just sold our 32 foot Cardinal fifth wheel this summer but that
was because of new parking restrictions where we live. (Damn Nazi city council!)

I hope to have another fifth wheel if we can move next year or if I can get
some off site parking arrangements that I can live with. I miss the rig already.

Just out of curiosity, what did the 32' Cardinal weight loaded up for travel?

I'm in a 31' HR that I can still get into back areas with.

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Originally Posted by SigsRule

Just out of curiosity, what did the 32' Cardinal weight loaded up for travel?

I'm in a 31' HR that I can still get into back areas with.

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The Cardinal we had was a 29WBLX and was 31 feet and just a couple of inches shy of 32 feet. It had a dry weight of 9,570 and we did weigh it
one time after we first got it. With full water tank, propane and all food,
clothes and gear it weighed a bit over 11,000 pounds. I don't recall the
exact amount but it was between 11,300 to 11,400 loaded and ready to go.

I understand what you mean about staying at 30-31 foot though.

Once we get moved or a parking situation to our liking I want another fifth
wheel but it will likely be smaller. We started on fifth wheels with a 20 footer
which was way too small and then progressed to a 26 foot unit. I really liked
the storage and the bedroom slide on the Cardinal 32 foot we just sold but we will likely get a single slide around 28 to 29 foot long the next time.

It makes it easier to get into forest service campgrounds and state and national parks. If you are going to just stay in commercial campgrounds it doesn't make any difference how long the unit is. But for our style of camping staying under 30 foot is best as it doesn't limit you as much as to which campsite you can use.