anyone towing 12000 lb 5th wheel with 3/4 ton pick up

The truck will handle it just fine, the question is your ability and whether or not you can handle it. I tow a 14,000# fiver + 4500# boat with a 2500.

I pull a 11.7 lb fifth with a 3/4 & it's OK, but I wouldn't go much heavier.

Load up, go to a truck stop and weight each axle on a CAT scale (Certified weight) You cannot go over Gross Axle weight of Gross Combined Vehicle Weight Rating for your pickup whisch I believe is 20,000 lb. but look it up in your osners book. After 2.4 million miles of driving truck, I would'nt
pull it with less than a dualy. You are asking for trouble. If you are over Gross Wt insurance won't pay if you ahve a wreck and you may be out of your league pulling that much anyway, can't say.

To me any gasser is underpowered... :D

But I just went through this with the DW wanting a 36 ft Brookstone 5'er.. I didn't buy the trailer despite the great deal offered (and it was a GREAT deal) my 2012 F250 with 6.7 diesel would certainly pull the trailer however my tires would be over max by about 600 lbs each when doing so... I personally don't want a blowout in the Texas heat on a secondary hwy, some hot summer day...

Before y'all start telling me the truck will do it just get more load range.. these are the max load range "E" 10 ply(3160 lbs) available without buying larger tires and wheels something I'm not willing to do.. Sure I could change from the 3:31 gears to 4:10 and put 20" tires but I'd rather just find a trailer I can safely haul and stay within the limits of my truck..

In fact we already did... we're in the process of buying a Cougar 333MKS and equipping it with all the bells and whistles that the Brookstone had...

and nearly 20 grand cheaper, 4K less GVWR and over 1500 lbs less pin weight to boot...

Not as stout a trailer for sure... but more than sufficient for two 60+ year olds who are still working and just making long weekend trips 8-10 time a year and maybe one full week long trip a year...

rhagfo wrote:

ReneeG wrote:

lamopar wrote:
I tow a trailer bumper pull with my 2500. The trailer weighs in at 10,500 to 11,500 depending on the load. I am able to pull it just fine but I set no land speed records going up hill. Getting started is not an issue and I can get up to 60 pretty quick. I will say the truck is on the edge of power pulling the unit. Also, something I saw years ago coming out of the drag strip. If your trailer breaks fail can you stop? I have been pondering that as my trailer will stop me so fast now but if it failed I am sure I would need a mile to stop. I know your looking at a 5ther which would be better on the tow than a bumper pull. Just thought I would tell you what I know. Going up the mountain passes in Oregon I am ~45 taking it easy as I have an auto. High winds and passing semis have never been a problem. with SRW. I would listen to the CW rep as I think he is on track for comfortable towing. If your temper can handle 45 getting passed then you may be ok. You may also be paying more in repair bills in the future on your TV than if you had a nice 1 ton unit.

Very well said. We too used to tow a 32 foot Komfort TT with an F250 V10. It weighed same as yours. Took it slow but it was ok even up and down hills, but going down hills worried us sometimes. Then came the fifth wheel with a dry weight around 11k. Doable? Yes, but barely and we now have an F350 DRW diesel. Glad, very glad we upgraded.

Well I just got back from the first tow with our new Pacbrake installed. Service brakes, what are those? Even in 5th at about 1,500 rpm the speed retardation was very good. Dropping into 4th, requires releasing the EB with a little throttle from time to time. We are talking descending 6% and 7% graded with 18,500# GCVW. The other side is being able to climb those grades at 55 or better.

Did you torque the two bolts that hold the exhaust to the exhaust brake. If you used an impact it can cause the housing to distort and cause sticking.

DTT installed mine on my 98 12V years ago and caused mine to stick constantly. PacBrake was great, they told me it was over torqued and sent me a new brake no charge.

I installed the new one and properly torqued it and all works fine now.

ReneeG wrote:

lamopar wrote:
I tow a trailer bumper pull with my 2500. The trailer weighs in at 10,500 to 11,500 depending on the load. I am able to pull it just fine but I set no land speed records going up hill. Getting started is not an issue and I can get up to 60 pretty quick. I will say the truck is on the edge of power pulling the unit. Also, something I saw years ago coming out of the drag strip. If your trailer breaks fail can you stop? I have been pondering that as my trailer will stop me so fast now but if it failed I am sure I would need a mile to stop. I know your looking at a 5ther which would be better on the tow than a bumper pull. Just thought I would tell you what I know. Going up the mountain passes in Oregon I am ~45 taking it easy as I have an auto. High winds and passing semis have never been a problem. with SRW. I would listen to the CW rep as I think he is on track for comfortable towing. If your temper can handle 45 getting passed then you may be ok. You may also be paying more in repair bills in the future on your TV than if you had a nice 1 ton unit.

Very well said. We too used to tow a 32 foot Komfort TT with an F250 V10. It weighed same as yours. Took it slow but it was ok even up and down hills, but going down hills worried us sometimes. Then came the fifth wheel with a dry weight around 11k. Doable? Yes, but barely and we now have an F350 DRW diesel. Glad, very glad we upgraded.

Well I just got back from the first tow with our new Pacbrake installed. Service brakes, what are those? Even in 5th at about 1,500 rpm the speed retardation was very good. Dropping into 4th, requires releasing the EB with a little throttle from time to time. We are talking descending 6% and 7% graded with 18,500# GCVW. The other side is being able to climb those grades at 55 or better.

And a Workhorse 30,000lbs MH chassis has a what size Chevrolet engine?

lamopar wrote:
I tow a trailer bumper pull with my 2500. The trailer weighs in at 10,500 to 11,500 depending on the load. I am able to pull it just fine but I set no land speed records going up hill. Getting started is not an issue and I can get up to 60 pretty quick. I will say the truck is on the edge of power pulling the unit. Also, something I saw years ago coming out of the drag strip. If your trailer breaks fail can you stop? I have been pondering that as my trailer will stop me so fast now but if it failed I am sure I would need a mile to stop. I know your looking at a 5ther which would be better on the tow than a bumper pull. Just thought I would tell you what I know. Going up the mountain passes in Oregon I am ~45 taking it easy as I have an auto. High winds and passing semis have never been a problem. with SRW. I would listen to the CW rep as I think he is on track for comfortable towing. If your temper can handle 45 getting passed then you may be ok. You may also be paying more in repair bills in the future on your TV than if you had a nice 1 ton unit.

Very well said. We too used to tow a 32 foot Komfort TT with an F250 V10. It weighed same as yours. Took it slow but it was ok even up and down hills, but going down hills worried us sometimes. Then came the fifth wheel with a dry weight around 11k. Doable? Yes, but barely and we now have an F350 DRW diesel. Glad, very glad we upgraded.

I tow a trailer bumper pull with my 2500. The trailer weighs in at 10,500 to 11,500 depending on the load. I am able to pull it just fine but I set no land speed records going up hill. Getting started is not an issue and I can get up to 60 pretty quick. I will say the truck is on the edge of power pulling the unit. Also, something I saw years ago coming out of the drag strip. If your trailer breaks fail can you stop? I have been pondering that as my trailer will stop me so fast now but if it failed I am sure I would need a mile to stop. I know your looking at a 5ther which would be better on the tow than a bumper pull. Just thought I would tell you what I know. Going up the mountain passes in Oregon I am ~45 taking it easy as I have an auto. High winds and passing semis have never been a problem. with SRW. I would listen to the CW rep as I think he is on track for comfortable towing. If your temper can handle 45 getting passed then you may be ok. You may also be paying more in repair bills in the future on your TV than if you had a nice 1 ton unit.

If you lived in the Midwest you would be ok, but living in NY you have a lot of hills. That is where the 6.0 will be working hard to keep up.