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TexasNate
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Jul 24, 2023

Need advice if safe for my pickup to pull a heavy 5th wheel

Hi folks. We have a 2004 Ford F-350 6 liter diesel pickup. It's not a dually, unfortunately. Everything is stock other than headers and a cold air intake. We recently bought a 2016 Oakmont 5th wheel w...
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cummins2014
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Jul 29, 2023
Veebyes wrote:
It is not pulling the thing, it is the stopping the thing.

Sooner, rather than later, there will be that split second situation when you will wish that you had a whole lot more truck. Some car will brake suddenly infront of you. You will go into an exit too fast. 16,000lbs of trailer will want to overtake a way too small truck. It won't be pretty.



It's apparent you have not seen how disc brakes work compared to drum , the last thing I worry about is getting stopped , unbelievable the difference .

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