Ford Gas Chassis for 38 footers ?
Looking again at a switch from fifth wheel to motor home again, looked around last year and was very disappointed with quality. My current question is for those that have larger gas motor homes on the...
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rk911 wrote:timmac wrote:
Any gas motorhome above 36 foot with slide outs is already near max on any gas chassis, you can do it but make sure what you tow behind is very light, I have a 33 foot on Ford chassis and I tow 6000 lbs, puts me around 26000 lbs while towing and I can climb the large hills fine but does seem near max for the motor.
our 2016 triple slide 38Q gasser disproves that statement. change 'any' to 'some' and that would be more accurate.
Yes it can be done, not saying one should not but does leave little as to towing, the 3 valve V-10 by Ford says it can handle up to 30,000 lbs but I think that is just to much as far as I am concerned, when going up the large hills I would think at 30,000 lbs you are just over working the motor, I prefer to keep it under 27000 lbs if possible {motorhome and toad} than the motor will work for years to come.
