Colorado Springs to Breckenridge

cgaskins wrote:
Hello. We are making a 2 week run up to Colorado on Saturday. I was contemplating taking a different route from Colorado Springs to Breckenridge. In the past I have taken the interstate Route via Denver. However, I was wondering how an F250 with a 39 foot 5er would do on the following route:

- US 29 from Colorado Springs to Hartsel
- Colorado 9 to Fairplay and continuing on to Breckenridge

On Google Maps, there appear to be quite a few switch backs on 9.

Any advice or words of wisdom?

Thanks,
Chris

I'm glad to see other people are using SRW trucks to pull large 5ers. I bought my 44' toy hauler before the truck and I have it in a camp site near the dealer. I purchased a 2011 F250 Powerstroke 6.7L on the advice of the salesman at Ford saying "sure it will pull it". Well it is rated at 16k and that's what mine weighs, but what I didn't understand at the time was payload. What I have learned since is that the F250 is capped at 10,000 GVWR for tax purposes. With the 6.7 diesel and 4WD, that only allows about 2,600lbs of payload.The only difference on an F350 is one more leaf spring in the rear and upgraded springs in the front. Some say this isn't true, but at least in 2011 the F250 and F350 have the exact same drive shaft, inner and outer, I verified on the fordparts.com web site. My F250 has the camper prep package with upgraded springs so I assume it has the same rating if not capped. I took the truck to my site, hooked it up to see what kind of squat I would get. My signature has a picture of my truck and rig without any airbags and it only squats about 3". I have since added 5K firestone airbags and Rancho XL9000 shocks. Now my overloads don't engage so I think I will add extenders to the overload contact points to add some more support and help with sway. My tires are the highest rated tires available in their size at 3,640lbs each. I haven't pulled this yet, we're waiting for warm weather, but I am still very nervous about it.