Towing Rating at 5000 pounds
Have a question on towing rating.. The MH we are looking at only has a tow rating of 5000 pounds. I want to tow my subaru legacy in an enclosed trailer...but if I run the numbers, Im at 6100 pounds, 1...
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Hi,
A motorhome like a class C built on the 19,500 pound GVWR Ford pickup or GM 5500 series pickup, it can tow about 10,000 pounds. Some call them "Super C". International also is building chassis for some class C motorhomes with a 24,000 GVWR.
One reason that there is a 5,000 pound limit is the frame extension behind the rear of the class C frame. Ford rates their van based chassis with a 14,050 GVWR and 22,000 GCVWR, so Ford is ready to tow a 9,000 pound trailer with a 13,000 pound RV, and 1,000 pounds on the rear axle of the RV. But Ford is not the final producer of a motorhome, it is Jayco, Fleetwood, Coachman, or who ever. It is the final manufacture that determines the hitch weight rating.
So you can have one commissioned. One owner of a large boat wanted to tow a larger boat with a class C chassis. So they bought a GM chassis, had a cargo box installed on it, and huge hitch. Short overhang from the rear axle to bumper, and the van was able to tow about 10,000 pounds. Because it was light, they could also handle 2,500 pounds of cargo and hitch weight before reaching the 12,000 GVWR.
Good luck finding something!
Fred.
A motorhome like a class C built on the 19,500 pound GVWR Ford pickup or GM 5500 series pickup, it can tow about 10,000 pounds. Some call them "Super C". International also is building chassis for some class C motorhomes with a 24,000 GVWR.
One reason that there is a 5,000 pound limit is the frame extension behind the rear of the class C frame. Ford rates their van based chassis with a 14,050 GVWR and 22,000 GCVWR, so Ford is ready to tow a 9,000 pound trailer with a 13,000 pound RV, and 1,000 pounds on the rear axle of the RV. But Ford is not the final producer of a motorhome, it is Jayco, Fleetwood, Coachman, or who ever. It is the final manufacture that determines the hitch weight rating.
So you can have one commissioned. One owner of a large boat wanted to tow a larger boat with a class C chassis. So they bought a GM chassis, had a cargo box installed on it, and huge hitch. Short overhang from the rear axle to bumper, and the van was able to tow about 10,000 pounds. Because it was light, they could also handle 2,500 pounds of cargo and hitch weight before reaching the 12,000 GVWR.
Good luck finding something!
Fred.
