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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AH64ID wrote:Phydeauxman wrote:
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.
You will find the difference is the sticker. Some people/companies don't want to deal with a Class III vehicle and the requirements associated with it. Dropping the GVWR to 10,000lbs keeps it a Class II vehicle.
Yeah, that is what I am finding but there has to be some difference between the rear suspension of the SRW F-350 and the rear suspension of my F-250.
