backwater83 wrote:
New to this forum, but looking for advice. My truck is a 2014 F350 SRW. Stated fifth wheel capacity is 15,900. I'm looking to buy a 39 foot 5er that weighs in at 14,400 with a pin weight of 2900. No way I can tow that because my cargo capacity is 3113. Once I put me and a bucket of chicken in the cab, I'm over weight. Pisses me off. I saw that Ford increased their super duty towing capacities on their 18-19 models.
The listed fifth wheel towing on the '19 F350 is 21,000. Problem solved. Its only gonna cost me 70 thousand dollars to get a truck that can tow the 5'er I want. I went to the dealer and looked at the door sticker on the '19. Guess what the cargo capacity is... 3200 pounds. What the holy hell! That's the same as I have now!! the '19 wont pull the camper either.
So I did some research. There isn't a 5th wheel out there over 14,000 lbs that has a tongue weight less than 2800 pounds. There is NO WAY the '19 truck with a listed 5th wheel cap can tow anywhere near the stated 21,000 pounds. ****, why not give it a 50k tow rating? 21,000 is just a meaningless arbitrary number that you'll never EVER be able to tow and stay in your weight rating!
I DO NOT want to buy a DRW truck. I put 50k miles on per year without towing, so yeah, it's a daily driver.
This is serious false advertising.
What do I do here? I'm trying to do things right but I feel like I'm going to have to tow overloaded just like the 70 percent of other people out there who I laugh at for towing WAY too much weight.
backwater83, We have a similar issue.....do not want a DRW. For our use of a truck, a DRW is very impractical. Our only use would be for towing.
Our5th wheel is at or slightly above (depending upon what we’re carrying) 20K pounds, with over 4K pin weight....and tow with our 2007 Ram SRW. And “”NO” our rig it doesn’t comply with the “little yellow sticker”. We have Firestone Air Bag system to maintain a level ride height. But, most importantly.....we put on aftermarket wheels and tires. We bought 19.5” steel wheels manufactured right here in America by Riskson Wheel Manufacturing. They even have the proper offset for your particular vehicle....something not offered by the import wheels. Check out their website!! As we use our truck for off-road use, winter driving, ect. , we chose Hankook DH 07 tires all the way around. With two winters of ice, snow, and mud.....they’ve done about all you can ask! While the wheels/tires are not cheap....far less than $60 - $70 K for a new, unwanted truck!!!
Our Ram axle is rated plenty high enough for the weight, the tires/wheels were the problem. The Rickson Wheels and the Hankooks, brought us real close to 4K pounds each......the wheels are rated at 5K pounds each, the tires @3940 # each!
