2012 f250 Diesel Engine Fifthwheel towing
Everyone. I am glad to be a part of this formum. I have seen some really good questions get answered and I firmly believe this discussion. I wanted to ask a couple of questions concerning fifthwhe...
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The pin weught you stated is unloaded frok factory. The pin weight will actually be about 20% of the loaded trailer weight. If you use the gvwr of 14,000 x 20%, the pin weight loaded will be up to 2800 lbs. I believe the gvwr of your f250 is around 2900 lbs. That will lrave you about 100 lbs for passengers, gear/tools/firewood in the bed,options and hitch.
That fifth wheel should be towed with nothing less than a SRW 1 ton truck.
Don't get me wrong, the truck/engine will pull it fine, but you will be exceeding one if not more of the posted weight ratings for the truck. I would not do it.
Steve
The pin weught you stated is unloaded frok factory. The pin weight will actually be about 20% of the loaded trailer weight. If you use the gvwr of 14,000 x 20%, the pin weight loaded will be up to 2800 lbs. I believe the gvwr of your f250 is around 2900 lbs. That will lrave you about 100 lbs for passengers, gear/tools/firewood in the bed,options and hitch.
That fifth wheel should be towed with nothing less than a SRW 1 ton truck.
Don't get me wrong, the truck/engine will pull it fine, but you will be exceeding one if not more of the posted weight ratings for the truck. I would not do it.
Steve
