Another Salesman lied
Well the same old story talk to the trailer salesman oh Yes you have a 2000 Ford F350 Dually Diesel you have plenty of truck. Well I have always wondered if my truck was really rated for the 5th wheel...
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handsome51 wrote:
Fire 19 you are light compared to me. I have a 2006 Carriage. I weighed it with a full tank of water which is how I always travel . We were on our way out on a trip. The trailer weighs a little over 14,700lb. Of that the hitch weight is a little over 3,100lbs. So I have 11,600lbs on the tires. I have been pulling it since 2006 with a 2001 F250 diesel. I have it beefed up on the suspension so it is still sitting up just a hare at the back with the trailer on the truck. The truck does a great job pulling the trailer. Also in the bed I have a 25k airsafe hitch, behind the cab is a diamond plate toolbox with a generator and a 12 gallon fuel tank. It is called a Genbox. In front of the tailgate is a 37gallon fuel tank. So you are traveling light compared to me.
A friend of mine just bought a new truck, the one he traded in was just a few years old. He told me I should break down and get me a new truck. I told him their is no way I would get rid of my 2001 ford with the 7.3 diesel in it. It does to good of job pulling my 5th wheel. I bought it brand new. This year I just busted 100,000 miles on the truck. So it isn't even broke in good yet.
*If your friend (or you) want to do *serious* towing, with *serious* trailer weights.....
he should have explored the Escapees HDT forum.
Way less $$ for a used HDT (even with auto trans) than a new pickup.
The HDT will go a million miles - will the pickup?
If the brakes are at 85% (remaining) - you will never replace them in your lifetime! (Usually 3-stage jake does all the stopping you need).
A singled HDT will do everything (and LOTS more) than a LDT dually pickup will.....with power to spare - and the tractor is intended to tow 80K lbs, so those "heavy" RV 5ths are lightweights!..;)
Can be licensed as a MH in most states - and often the MH registration is less than a dually pickup.
More and more folks are "seeing the light" - by the number of newbies (with HDTs - or searching) on that forum
Why not an *MDT*?
Smaller engines, and MDTs were never intended for OTR comfort - and with the exception of states that allow Non-commercial ("private truck") registration - an MDT can't be registered as a MH.
(Nice MDT forum on Escapees also).
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