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Don't look at the shipping weight! It's the gross weight rating and the actual gross weight you need to be concerned about. After picking up that rig and starting to put stuff in it, it will probably never weigh that again unless you are getting rid of it.
Then calculate 18% to 25% of the gross weight rating of the trailer for the possible pin weight and this is how residential fifth wheel trailers weigh out. This weight will be on your rear axle, which is then added to the gross vehicle weight and hopefully the combined gross weight rating is still under. If anyone tells you a fifth wheel is only 15%, then they're talking horse or utility ratings that don't have much weight at the pin. Residential trailers have the bulk of the storage and size at the pin.
Also consider short bed slider (especially automatic slider) hitches typically weigh more than conventional fifth wheel hitches because of the increase in necessary hardware. Everything you put into the truck and truck bed will take away from the cargo or tow weight ratings. Good luck with the weight ratings versus actual weights.
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