Question on Pin Weight and Toy Haulers

broccoli2 wrote:
Trying not to hijack this thread but I am in the same predicament. I have an 07 f350 SRW 4x4 crew cab. I bought this to tow my 32 foot WW bumper pull. Towed it with no problems. I sold that and I've had a class A for the last few years, sold that and now found the perfect 09 WW CLD 4005. I was pretty much ready to go pick it up when it dawned on me that it's pretty heavy. 18,000 pounds with a 2800lb pin weight. I'm having a pretty hard time figuring out what my 07 can handle. What I've found. With 4:30 gears I have a 26k gcwr I have not weighed my truck since I had the bumper pull years ago, I would think its at least 6k. That leaves 20k. Is that to close? I see these trucks pull these massive toy haulers all the time. What can I do to my truck short of adding wheels can I do

Well,first, unless you have a DRW or a gas motor, you don't have 4.30 gears. Unless you did a swap out. Ford's SRW trucks for that year all came with 3.73 gears.
Secondly, you don't have the 26k GCWR unless you have the dually with the tow boss package. The DRW with 4.30 gears was the only truck you could get that year with the 26,000 GCWR.
If you have the diesel, your truck weighs close to 8000lbs, with full fuel and no people in it. I know, I owned a 2006 DRW and my truck was 8200lbs with full fuel, no people and my 5th wheel hitch.

So, in short, if you go by the weight ratings, that Warrior you are looking at is going to put you over the weight ratings of your truck BIG TIME!!!!

When I had my sand rail and a full load hooked up for Thanksgiving, I was at 25,980lbs. I put my rig on a CAT scale.
My trailer is not as heavy as the one you are looking at.