Sorry...another tow vehicle capacity thread
Lets just get this out of the way up front. I am a newbie to camping that made an uninformed purchase of too much 5th wheel for the truck I have. I already own the camper and the truck so no going b...
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rexlion wrote:
Phydeauxman, the biggest issue you face IMO is the danger of a blowout from overloaded rear tires. You must weigh the rig and find out where you're at on the rear axle weight. Then look at your tire capacity.
My second concern would be the rear axle capacity, but from other posts here it sounds like it may be the same axle as the 350... I have no idea. If it were not the same, perhaps it could be swapped out. Same thing with suspension, if you wanted to swap out, but the air bags should do the job there.
Thanks. Yeah...I have 2 must do's right now. 1) go get my truck/camper weighed at/on a CAT. 2) find out what makes an F-350 SRW have a GVWR of 11,500 lbs. versus 10,000 lbs., and see if I can adopt the differences onto my truck. I know that would not change the official rating but I am not too worried about what it can "officially" handle versus what it can real world handle.
