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beaubeau
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Apr 15, 2015

Born Free towing a TT

A friend of mine just bought a used Born Free 24 footer. It's an E450 chassis. And I think it's a 2003 model.

I can't find any specs for what it can tow ... can it tow my 25 foot travel trailer, which weighs just under 5,000 pounds loaded?

If so, can I just transfer my weight distribution stuff from my tow vehicle (a 2008 Chevy conversion van) to the Born Free, and add a brake controller and 7-wire tow harness?
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  • Explorer1016's avatar
    Explorer1016
    Explorer
    Apr 15, 2015
    If you go to Google and type in tow rating for the E450 chassis you will come up with many links that show chassis specifications for that vehicle. I recently did the same thing for my RV chassis and was able to save the information because it was from Ford in PDF form. I believe the E450 has a gross combined weight rating of 23000#. That is RV + trailer. Then you will have to have the RV weighed in travel form to get you GVWR then subtract that number from the GCWR and that is the max you can tow. Plus the hitch and tires have to be rated for the weight you intend to tow as well.

    Good luck

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