'18 F150 with 5.5 box tow a 5th wheel ?
Can my friend's truck tow a 5th wheel or is the box too short ? Has anyone here done this ? F150 Crew cab , 4x4,V8 with 5.5 box.
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M.R.E. wrote:
Can my friend's truck tow a 5th wheel or is the box too short ? Has anyone here done this ? F150 Crew cab , 4x4,V8 with 5.5 box.
Sure....as long as the 5th wheel trailers hitch weight doesn't exceed the F150 RAWR. Ford markets a 3800/4050/4550/4800 RAWR for the F150.
JMO but doing the math shows the 3800 rawr is good for maybe 1300-1400 lbs in the bed.
The 4050 rawr is good for maybe 1600-1700 lbs in the bed.
A 4550 rawr around 2000- 2100 lbs in the bed.
The 4800 rawr can carry up to 2400-2500 lbs range in the bed.
For whatever reasons some don't know all the different GVWR and RAWR packages Ford uses for the F150....different frame sizes and material thickness...design and engineered differences. Fleet Ford specs shows all the differences but most nay sayers are stuck on 1/2 ton trucks are all the same.
BUT ....now the OP friend will have to figure if weights match up and if a hitch like the Superglide in the clicky will let the back of his pin box clear the tailgate and sides of the bed.
Hitch for 5' 5" beds
