loulou57 wrote:
Excellent suggestions from Fred......but does it have to be a ford? LOL!
No, it certainly does NOT. Nor does it HAVE to be a 4X4, unless one just WANTS a 4X4, nor does it HAVE to be an automatic transmission, nor does it HAVE to be NEW!
I towed a 32 foot triple slide fifth wheel around the West as a full-timer for about three years with a 1994 Dodge Ram CTD 3500 dually, 5 speed manual, with Jacobs Rambrake. It was great!
My son towed the same fifth wheel with a Dodge CTD 3/4 ton, automatic, no Rambrake, from CA to MT and back, no trouble.
IMO, it doesn't really matter which unit is purchased first, as long as the other unit is properly sized to match!
Have fun shopping, and good luck.
EDIT: whoops, my son called and told me that truck was an HO with 6 speed manual tranny. But, it WAS a 3/4 ton. He didn't have it loaded to 21,180 lbs GCW, though, like I did!
