Fifth wheel towing

Is that 8,000 lbs. GVWR or empty on the fifth wheel? If it's empty (advertised weight), the answer is probably, "No." Use 23% of the GVWR for the trailer to calculate an estimated loaded fifth wheel pin weight. Then use that number to compare to the payload from the door sticker on your truck (remembering to also subtract the weight of a suitable hitch and all passenger and stuff you'll have in the truck). Payload is the killer on 1/2-ton trucks.

Rob

Need more information about your truck. What year is it and so on. Older vehicles are not rated to pull or haul loads like the newer vehicles can. I Had a 1999 Dodge 3/4 ton diesel 2 wheel drive and after months of studying found out that it could only pull maximum load of 9,400 lbs. SAFELY. I am talking about SAFELY!!

I now have a 2017 Ford 350 Dually to pull my 2010 Mobile Suit 34 footer at around 11,400 to 12,000 DRY Weight SAFELY.

PS: I absolutely love the new features on the newer trucks like: transmission braking, down hill assisting or breaking and or down hill speed control. Now I don't have to worry so much about going down a 8 percent grade hills with the breaks smoke up or failing. Break saver and more importantly LIFE SAFER.

That's a definite maybe. E tires and air bags may or may not be needed.
If the pin weight of the FW doesn't overload your rear axle then it should work. An 8,000 pound FW is pretty small if that's the GVWR. Pin weight is likely only about 1,600 pounds. Add 100 pounds for your hitch and whatever else you put in the cab and the bed and see how that compares to your payload capacity on the door sticker.

Mitlahd wrote:
I have a F-150 XLT, 3.5 twin turbo. Would i be able to tow a 8000# fifth wheel, if I added E load range tires and air bags?

what are your towing expectations? Going up hills, down hills, going against head winds, side winds, passing or being passed by 18 whells trucks, how will your engine and tranny handle the 8000 trailer plus 400 ponds of personal supplies, 2k to 3k lbs of water??? What is the rating of capacity recommended by the mfg. of the truck?

Is that a dry weight or wet and loaded weight? If 8000 pounds is the wet and loaded weight, do you have 1600 pounds of payload left after you load the truck?