Can I Please Get a Towing Reality Check?
TV: 2010 F150 Screw, 145" bed, 4.6 3v, 3.55, tow pkg, curb 5167, GVWR 6900, payload 1680, GCWR 14,900, max trailer wt 9400. Proposed TT: Salem Hemisphere 282RK, dry wt 6740, hitch 700. My calcul...
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292 hp @ 5,700 rpm, 320 ft.-lb. @4,000 rpm.
That is almost the same hp as my 2005 Dodge diesel at 305 hp, I think the old dodge has more ft. lb of torque at around 610, but it has the 3.73 differential.
the old dodge handles my 27ft Jayco fine, I have never pulled in the mountains, but on most hills its fine.
so, I would give your truck a try and see what it does, maybe if it does not handle the trailer as you wish, you could change out the differential for a 4.10 or something close to that, should give you more power,
that would be cheaper than a new truck,
That is almost the same hp as my 2005 Dodge diesel at 305 hp, I think the old dodge has more ft. lb of torque at around 610, but it has the 3.73 differential.
the old dodge handles my 27ft Jayco fine, I have never pulled in the mountains, but on most hills its fine.
so, I would give your truck a try and see what it does, maybe if it does not handle the trailer as you wish, you could change out the differential for a 4.10 or something close to that, should give you more power,
that would be cheaper than a new truck,
