New Motorhomes on Ford Transit Chassis
I've been looking at the new, small class C/B+/RUV motorhomes built on the Ford Transit Chassis 185-hp. 3.2L I5 diesel engine, 6-speed automatic overdrive transmission w/SelectShift. I'm comparing...
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Ford's towing specs can be found here. http://www.fleet.ford.com/towing-guides/
For 2016, the Transit is found on page 21, and has a GCVWR of 12,000 for the 3.7L gas engine and 13,500 for the diesel engine on the cab and chassis.
Ford is not offering it's very popular 3.5L Ecoboost engines in the cab and chassis at this time. To bad, they are a great engine.
Because the GVWR is around 10,500 pounds, this will leave something between 3,000 and 5,000 pounds, depending on how much curb weight the motorhome is loaded for travel.
If the RV is really light, and say 8,500 pounds when ready to camp, that would mean up to 500 pounds of hitch weight and 5,000 total trailer weight can be pulled. If the RV is close to the 10,500 pound GVWR than only a few pounds of hitch weight and about 3,000 pounds of 4 wheel down towing can happen.
Say the loaded RV us under the 10,500 GVWR by 500 pounds, then you can tow 3,500 pounds, but not put more than about 300 on the hitch.
To take the GVWR and subtract it from the GCVWR is not going to give you the maximum tow rating, but could be off my several hundred pounds. And there would be no way to safely tow a 3,000 pound trailer with 300 pounds of hitch weight when the RV is at 10,500 pounds with fuel and passengers. The hitch weight will overload it. So the curb weight must be below the GVWR for towing calculations anyway.
Fred.
For 2016, the Transit is found on page 21, and has a GCVWR of 12,000 for the 3.7L gas engine and 13,500 for the diesel engine on the cab and chassis.
Ford is not offering it's very popular 3.5L Ecoboost engines in the cab and chassis at this time. To bad, they are a great engine.
Because the GVWR is around 10,500 pounds, this will leave something between 3,000 and 5,000 pounds, depending on how much curb weight the motorhome is loaded for travel.
If the RV is really light, and say 8,500 pounds when ready to camp, that would mean up to 500 pounds of hitch weight and 5,000 total trailer weight can be pulled. If the RV is close to the 10,500 pound GVWR than only a few pounds of hitch weight and about 3,000 pounds of 4 wheel down towing can happen.
Say the loaded RV us under the 10,500 GVWR by 500 pounds, then you can tow 3,500 pounds, but not put more than about 300 on the hitch.
To take the GVWR and subtract it from the GCVWR is not going to give you the maximum tow rating, but could be off my several hundred pounds. And there would be no way to safely tow a 3,000 pound trailer with 300 pounds of hitch weight when the RV is at 10,500 pounds with fuel and passengers. The hitch weight will overload it. So the curb weight must be below the GVWR for towing calculations anyway.
Fred.
