I am looking to purchase a Grand Design Momentum TH 376th. The GVWR is 20,000lbs. The truck I am looking to use for this is the 2017 F350 dually with the diesel. Do have enough truck once loaded with golf cart and necessary camping essentials?

MFG Web site.3,250# Avg. pin weight.Bill

Trackrig wrote:MFG Web site.3,250# Avg. pin weight.BillRead that as DRY pin weight.If you never plan to add anything to the trailer, then maybe. After you load it it? Probably not.With 20K GVWR that means fully loaded your pin weight could be over 4000 pounds.A Ram dually with all the towing options might do it.

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The F450's max tow with 5th wheel is shown as up to 27,500, max payload up to 7630.

Are you guys freakin serious? A 2017 F350 will tow that camper all day long without breaking a sweat. Pin weight, overall weight, and whatever else you want to add won't be a problem at all. Those who think its not enough truck? Maybe you're just not very good drivers when pulling campers.

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blt2ski
Moderator
Jun 02, 2017
FishOnOne wrote:
NC Hauler wrote:
GROUP HUG!!!

Jim

Good to see you back Jim....

Who's Jim?!?!?!?!?????

marty
NC_Hauler
Explorer
Jun 01, 2017
FishOnOne wrote:
NC Hauler wrote:
GROUP HUG!!!

Jim

Good to see you back Jim....

Thanks buddy:)

Jim
tinner12002
Explorer
Jun 01, 2017
The 2017 F350 would be a great truck to pull your Momentum, but the best truck would be the Ram 3500!! Just kidding, your Ford will do you good...darn I had a hard time saying that...lol!
FishOnOne
Nomad
Jun 01, 2017
NC Hauler wrote:
GROUP HUG!!!

Jim

Good to see you back Jim....
transamz9
Explorer
May 31, 2017
Bionic Man wrote:
blt2ski wrote:
Fuel economy is not really going up per say.....that may also be because engineers can only go so far reducing aerodynamics, friction etc.

Marty

Marty, I would argue fuel economy on these trucks has gone up significantly, especially considering the increase in power they have.

MPG took a hit when new EPA regulations first came out, but the new trucks seem to report better MPG than any prior year diesels, and now have nearly twice the torque that trucks did just 10-15 years ago.

I think there is still room for improvement, but when a 2017 RAM has 385/900 gets as good as, or even better MPG than my old 2003 RAM with 305/555, I don't think you can really complain.

You also have to consider a 2017 Ram is a 1000# heavier than a 2003 was. My Mega Cab is just shy of 2000# heavier than my 2005 QC SB Ram Cummins is.
Cummins12V98
Explorer III
May 31, 2017
THE 2019 RAM/CUMMINS 6.7 will have ALL emissions down stream of the engine and will have more power and most likely better mileage.
Bionic_Man
Explorer
May 31, 2017
blt2ski wrote:
Fuel economy is not really going up per say.....that may also be because engineers can only go so far reducing aerodynamics, friction etc.

Marty

Marty, I would argue fuel economy on these trucks has gone up significantly, especially considering the increase in power they have.

MPG took a hit when new EPA regulations first came out, but the new trucks seem to report better MPG than any prior year diesels, and now have nearly twice the torque that trucks did just 10-15 years ago.

I think there is still room for improvement, but when a 2017 RAM has 385/900 gets as good as, or even better MPG than my old 2003 RAM with 305/555, I don't think you can really complain.
blt2ski
Moderator
May 31, 2017
WHAT!!!!!!!!

You all are being nice?!?!???

What is this poor chebby guy to do if we are not blasting Frods and Dogde trucks.......

Reality is, most brands have been more than capable for some 20 years. IMHO, since about 1995-2000, ALL brand models have stepped up in a major fashion, to being better than previous years. There does seen to be another step up occurring. Again IMHO, the issue I see, is all getting bigger, meaning heavier base weights, yes heavier gvwr, but really no more payload than in past. Fuel economy is not really going up per say.....that may also be because engineers can only go so far reducing aerodynamics, friction etc.

Marty
NC_Hauler
Explorer
May 31, 2017
GROUP HUG!!!

Jim
Cummins12V98
Explorer III
May 30, 2017
larry barnhart wrote:
I think we need to make rv.net great again.

chevman

I could be wrong but it seems like there far fewer people that get their panties in a knot and get defensive as their used to be???? So that IMHO is a big improvement.

I think the Moderators have a lot to do with this. Heck even "FISH" has been behaving fairly well. :B