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Sgeorge
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Sep 20, 2017

Moving from a bumper pull to a fifth wheel ?'s

I asked this question in the tow vehicles section, but thought I would ask here. So I am looking for some advice, hopefully from people who have done the same thing. Here are the truck details, 2016 F...
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IdaD
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Sep 20, 2017
donn0128 wrote:
If and thats a BIG if the fiver actually scales out loaded around 9000 pounds, that means you will be dumping around 2,000 pounds on top of the rear axle. That is in addition to the 150 to 300 additional pounds for a hitch. Simple answer is does your truck have enough load carrying capacity to do that?


I'd be really surprised if a 2016 F250 was even close to the rear axle capacity with that weight.

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