Fifth wheel Towing Help
While planning on an upgrade soon, weight ratings have me baffled. I have plugged in the numbers on some weight calculators and they come up short of what I can tow including the trailer I am towing n...
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wclement1248 wrote:
You need to get the manufacturers specs and actual scale weights. According to ford, my 2014 4X2 F250 turbo diesel crew cab will tow 5ers up to 16,300. The payload is 3640. GCVWR is 26,000. The scale weight of the truck ready to go camping leaves me about 3,230 available for payload. This gives me plenty of room for towing many 5ers.
Jffkrn, I would think you have the capacity to tow a number of 5ers. Do your research and find a trailer that works
You would be overloaded according to your numbers to tow the RV you mention! 20% of 16,300 is 3,260# and if you use your RV more than just weekends the pin will easily reach 25% that is 4,075#.
This is where people get overloaded by using towing numbers instead of real world pin weights.
