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mena661
Aug 08, 2013Explorer
tderonne wrote:According to Ford, the people that BUILD the chassis you know, there are caveats. Ford does NOT say "if you stay under 26k lbs GCWR" you're fine. They give easy to understand specifics. There's a pretty good chance that the OP can tow that trailer with just a hitch upgrade. Hell, I didn't know you could even tow over 5000 lbs with a F53 until recently. BTW, I probably shouldn't have quoted you as I wasn't trying to address your post specifically.
If he's under 26,000 pounds combined, he isn't exceeding what the CHASSIS is designed for.
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