17" wheels
I have been looking at a F250 Diesel with 17" wheels the door sticker states Front GAWR 5940 Rear GAWR 6100 and the GVWR 10000 is this good enough to tow FW around 9000 to 11000 lbs?
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IdaD wrote:1jeep wrote:
Honestly if I were to be truck shopping knowing that my intentions were to tow a 5th wheel I would just skip over to a 350srw as that will give you 11500 for GVWR
I would agree. I don't think GVWR means much of anything on 3/4 ton diesel trucks because it's artifically low for non-performance reasons. If your intent going in is to exceed the GVWR regularly I think it makes more sense to go with a 1 ton. But if you already had a 3/4 ton, I think the important numbers to keep in mind are your tire and axle ratings because that's really what the truck is capable of doing - I wouldn't worry too much about payload. Just my humble opinion, of course.
I don't know why 17" wheels come with lower axle ratings but that seems to be the case across the board. My truck has 18" wheels and a 6500 lb RAWR. The 17" wheels come with 6000 lb RAWR. I don't know if the difference is the tires or wheels.
I looked at putting 17" wheels on my 2001 Ram with 16" wheels. The issue is the the tire weight rating on my 265/75-16 E's is 3,415# ea. the 17" were 265/70-17" E and the rating was only 3,195# ea. that would have bee a drop of 880# of tire capacity, not worth it to me!!
