Looking for a used motorhome to tow 7000 lbs.
I currently have a 1990 Fleetwood Flair 26, with a Ford 460 Gas motor and 3 speed transmission. The original hitch was rated at 3500lbs, and 500 lbs tongue weight. I recently had it reinforced to supp...
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tderonne wrote:
The class C's with 8000 pound hitches have a tongue weight rating of 500 pounds.
Ford uses the same V10 in a 26,000/30,000 pound GVWR/GCWR F53 chassis. They also use it in the F750 with GVWR/GCWR of 33,000/37,000 pounds. A 22,000 class C would do just fine.
It's not quite the same exact engine; the E series chassis uses the two valve version, while the F53 and F series trucks use the higher powered three valve version. That said, the two valve version is entirely sufficient for the E450, as you say.
