'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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mileshuff wrote:wing_zealot wrote:
How is the Rating higher? - you burned up payload on that diesel engine. The curb weight of my vehicle is substantially less then yours. Even the gas version of your vehicle gives you several hundred lbs more payload.
Curb weight is less but the axles, diff, springs, frame are puny in comparison. All that aside, I prefer live axles over independent suspension when towing. Handles far better but that's just me. As for payload, again, that is typically split between axles. What is the rating for the rear axle alone?
My truck is very similar to wing zealot’s and mine has a RAWR of 4800lbs and a scaled weight of 2560lb on the rear axle with me(230lbs) and a slider hitch and a full 36 gallon fuel tank. So that leaves 2240 available on the rear axle. BUT at the full rawr of 4800 and the front axle weight of 3300. It would put me over my GVWR of 7850. So to be within the ratings I could still carry 2000lbs of pin weight, be at my GVWR and under my RAWR.
