Is Ford F 250 with 5.4L enough truck?
I am new to the forum and new to heavy towing. I have had a pop up camper for years and towed it with a GMC 4.8L with no issues. We have upgraded to a much heavier camper. It has a dry weight of 8,...
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eHoefler wrote:
I would never use the dry weight on any trailer, I always use the max gross weight to determine towing capacity. Like some before had said, you will never travel at the dry weight.
To answer your question, No, you need a bigger truck.
Depending on the GVWR of the trailer I wouldn't go by that either. My trailer has a 4200 lb CCC. I only use 2k lbs of it. So as you can see using the GVWR is also not useful! I pack a lot. So normal "stuff" loaded in should be between 12-1500 lbs.
