The door stickers of a 2016 F-250 Lariat 6.7, crew cab, 4x4, short bed have the following info:1. The combined weight of occupants and cargo should never exceed 2144 lbs.2. GVWR = 10,000lbs3. Front GAWR = 5200 lbs4. Rear GAWR =61005. GCWR = 23,500 lbsWhat are the reasonable 5th wheel pin weight and 5'ver weight for these figures?

Reasonable pin weight?Load truck like your going camping and drive across a set of scales. Subtract scaled weight from GVWR as listed on drivers door post. That is your honest cargo capacity. Read that as maximum pin weight! If in the real world you have 2,000 pounds left over, that means you can handle a 10,000 pound loaded fifth wheel before you exceed your manufacturers GVWR! Of course that does not include 250 pounds for the slider hitch.Honestly, you will be able to tow way more TT than you will be able to load fifth wheel.

Figure out how much your rear axle weighs empty and subtract that number from your 6100 lb RAWR. I wouldn't exceed the resulting number when you add the pin and hitch weight up.

donn0128 wrote:Reasonable pin weight?Load truck like your going camping and drive across a set of scales. Subtract scaled weight from GVWR as listed on drivers door post. That is your honest cargo capacity. Read that as maximum pin weight! If in the real world you have 2,000 pounds left over, that means you can handle a 10,000 pound loaded fifth wheel before you exceed your manufacturers GVWR!Yes this is true if your going by GVWRSome use RAWR (rear axle weight rating) which is a tad higher.

Sorry but I'm not really good with math. Are you guys saying that a brand new F-250 6.7 can only legally tow an 5'ver that weighs about 10K lbs? How do I figure out how much my rear axle weighs?

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IdaD
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Apr 07, 2016
Figure out how much your rear axle weighs empty and subtract that number from your 6100 lb RAWR. I wouldn't exceed the resulting number when you add the pin and hitch weight up.
donn0128
Explorer II
Apr 07, 2016
Reasonable pin weight?
Load truck like your going camping and drive across a set of scales. Subtract scaled weight from GVWR as listed on drivers door post. That is your honest cargo capacity. Read that as maximum pin weight! If in the real world you have 2,000 pounds left over, that means you can handle a 10,000 pound loaded fifth wheel before you exceed your manufacturers GVWR! Of course that does not include 250 pounds for the slider hitch.
Honestly, you will be able to tow way more TT than you will be able to load fifth wheel.

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