Advice on Sizing truck Requested
First we want to thank all of you for your advice getting us from our motor home to the fifth wheel. RV folks are the best, always been that way. Now we have reached the stage of configuring a tow m...
Forum Discussion
Old-Biscuit wrote:
The SRW is a good towing platform BUT has it's limits.
Any trailer over GVWR of 14K is pushing those limits.
I think realistically you would be much happier towing that 5vr with a F350 'dually'
I tow a 5'vr that weighs 13,830# (scaled) with a 3500 SRW.
Any heavier I'd need to step up to DRW
I agree with Old-Biscuit and JMTandum, you need to look at the diesel dually crew. I like to over-engineer a little bit on my TV because you don't know that conditions will always be ideal, and you are right at the edge on specs, slightly over actually. If I had to navigate an ice storm for instance, I would hate to take on the challenge with an overtaxed TV hauling a few hundred extra pounds of ice. No-I don't ever plan to be in that predicament but it has happened to me.
