Ford F250 V10
I am considering a Rockwood fifth wheel with a dry weight of 6592, a dry hitch weight of 1181, and a cargo capacity of 1458. The GVWR of the pickup is 8800. The f250 has 3.73 gears. This truck will...
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roostershooter wrote:
Coleman, I thought about swapping gears. I believe I would have to change the rear and the front since it is a 4 wheel drive. Not sure about the cost to do the swap but maybe its worth it. The truck has 100K on it so pretty low mileage for that year of vehicle.
You're correct. Our 99 F250 V10 6.8L originally had the 3.7 but we swapped it out for the 4.3 and yes, front and back for 4WD. I think it was close to $3k but worth it for us. It made a huge difference in towing. We too had ours heavily modified with bigger headers, a Back Cat exhaust, no tuner though. We'd still have it if we had a smaller fifth wheel.
