PULLING 20K OR BETTER
I'm hearing that you really need a MDT or HDT to pull a fifth wheel over 20k. The MDT is expensive and a used HDT is huge. Is there anybody out there pulling that weight with a 3500/4500 or 350/450 wi...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:Coach-man wrote:
In my travels since going full time I have seen, mostly Fords F450 & F550's towing faith wheels. I also saw a GMC 5500 set up for fifth wheel towing. I do not know their ratings, but they have to be above a 350/3500! And they appear, at least outwardly to be stout pickups! Are these rigs considered HDT/MDT's?
NC Hauler has a good point, even though we are full timers, we still have to go grocery shopping, Church, and sight seeing. So for me a pickup that I can easily park is toward the top when I am considering what to tow with!
Just for fun compare a RAM 3500 to a F350/450 side by side. You will notice the only thing on the Fore that is larger is the rear axle on the F450. Even then it only has a 9,100# RAWR.
The rAM 3500's are no doubt a 4500 with 3500 badging and a 14K rating to keep it in the class 3 no different than what the F450 does. Every single 450 I have seen pulling a DRV has had bags added. Hopefully the 17's have addressed this.
So untrue! The 2016 f450 and f350 aren't even the same frame, wheels are different and so isn't the rear end. Yes they both share the same engine/tranny and GVWR rating of 14k, but they aren't the same trucks.
