How much are you willing to ?
I have an 2011 F250 6.7 4x4 crew cab shortbed. Sold the TT now in the market for a 5th wheel. What is is max load you would pull and still be very very comfortable towing. This ? includes pin weight. ...
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donn0128 wrote:
Scale your truck ready to travel. Look on the drivers door post and read the manufacturers GVWR. Subtract your scaled weight from that. That is how much pin weight you can handle. Multiply that number by 5 and you will have your answer.
I would have to agree this is the best way to tell what you can tow.
Say your curb weight is about 7,500 pounds with a 10,000 pound GVWR. You can still carry 2,500 pounds of pin weight without exceeding the GVWR of the truck. If 20% of the pin weight is the overall weight of the trailer, then you have a 12,500 pound trailer with 20% - or 2,500 on the hitch. The GVWR of the trailer might be as high as 14,000 pounds, you just need the trailer weight to be below 12,500 pounds.
Fred.
