Most modern long bed trucks can fit a tank in that size range in addition to a fifth wheel hitch. RAM has the largest footprint factory hitch puck system and my friend still fit a 90gal tank/box combo in his. The Ford & GM systems are a smaller layout leaving more room for the tank. KSH in Havasu can also build custom if you wanted to maximize volume.
I've heard of a few. Guess they're not as notorious as the Bosch on the Ford. Happened to a friend's at 80 kmi. He was out of the warranty time period. Cost him a grip to fix.
Yes it will be in the front of the bed. So that thousand pounds will be probably what 3 ft forward of that rear axle transferring some of that weight forward.
Trust me I'm having a hard time going from our nice trade winds moho even being older. Really like that thing. But to go spend a month or two at different places around the country and be able to run around. Truck and toyhauler is the only way to do it that I can see. The rig will do three things for us. Sand dunes, LS fest Vegas and texas, and then of course traveling. For me mostly the western United States I want to see. Not much back East that interests me. As far as the two trailers I'm also thinking about if we end up in a national park somewhere that 43 ft trailer is still a beast compared to the 35 ft weekend warrior. Tough call to haul around an extra 3,000 lb to have some extra space. I just want to make sure I can reasonably do it. I think the Chevy truck would do it but we would be maxed out on weight.
A few of your numbers are off a touch. Unfortunately the spec section on the Chevy website is abysmal for these purposes.
The rear axle at curb will be more than that, likely a bit above 4k. The Duramax is heavy up front but the 8k ish curb weight is somewhat split evenly due to the wheelbase.
Rear GAWR on the Dually is ~10,400# so you have quite a bit of headroom
The dually truck will have a GCWR of at least 40k with the diesel. As far as carrying capability - truck at 14k GVWR + trailer at 19k GVWR gives you 33k to play with, provided you don't overload the truck rear axle.
Good stuff thank you. Damn they make this difficult.A few of your numbers are off a touch. Unfortunately the spec section on the Chevy website is abysmal for these purposes.
The new Chevy Dually 4x4 will have less than 7442# payload - a crew cab Dmax dually 4x4 weights north of 8000# - possibly closer to 8800# if memory serves and the GVWR is 14,000# so 6k at best, probably closer to 5k net.
The rear axle at curb will be more than that, likely a bit above 4k. The Duramax is heavy up front but the 8k ish curb weight is somewhat split evenly due to the wheelbase.
Rear GAWR on the Dually is ~10,400# so you have quite a bit of headroom
The dually truck will have a GCWR of at least 40k with the diesel. As far as carrying capability - truck at 14k GVWR + trailer at 19k GVWR gives you 33k to play with, provided you don't overload the truck rear axle.
EDIT: take a look at the specs in this link - much more in depth than the standard Chevy website, corroborates most of what I pulled from memory above.
Vehicle Order Guide
www.gmfleetorderguide.com
You're welcome, and if you happen to test drive another truck, the Chevys have a label inside the driver door that lists the vehicle payload and max trailering for that specific variant (model / wheelbase / tires / engine / options / etc).
