Newbie towing question
I recently purchased a gas 2019 F250 RWD to tow my 2018 Jayco 24.5 ckts fifth wheel. I am a newbie with heavy-duty trucks. And I have a question about steering with the fifth wheel hooked up. The two-...
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Lynnmor wrote:valhalla360 wrote:
The pin sits directly over the axle (or within a couple inches), therefore there is no leverage to lift the front axle.
He should check the location on his rig, perhaps the pin does ride farther rear than most.
Unless it's mounted to the tailgate, this isn't likely.
With 8ft bed, at most you could push the hitch back maybe 2ft...Let's assuming the pin weight is really 2000lb...that's 4000lb-ft at the rear axle. Assuming 10ft wheel base, that's only 400lb off the front axle which likely starts around 3000lb. (this is a very extreme set of assumpitons).
