Weighed my rig today......surprised!
I have a 1995 Lance 990 and a 93 f350 dually 4x2 diesel pickup. The paperwork in the glove box (the truck came with the camper package) states that the maximum I can put in the cargo area is 3100lbs. ...
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Hi,
Back in 93, the duallys where rated pretty low, while they should have been rated a lot higher, but they where not. Now the F-250 trucks have a 10,000 pound GVWR with the SRW 17" rims! The 18" rims on the F-350 SRW can have upwards of 11,500 GVWR. But the brakes are different, and rims are rated at about 4,000 pounds each. Tires on yours only have a 2,500 pound weight rating - give or take a few hundred pounds.
Sure you and overload it and drive around fine, the 7.3L had plenty of power, and with a turbo, they can pull a lot of weight too. However you ARE overloading the truck. Try getting a newer one, where the GVWR is higher, such as the 2005 and later trucks. However they do not have the good 7.3L engines. They do have a 5,700 pound cargo rating on the dually V10 trucks.
Fred.
Back in 93, the duallys where rated pretty low, while they should have been rated a lot higher, but they where not. Now the F-250 trucks have a 10,000 pound GVWR with the SRW 17" rims! The 18" rims on the F-350 SRW can have upwards of 11,500 GVWR. But the brakes are different, and rims are rated at about 4,000 pounds each. Tires on yours only have a 2,500 pound weight rating - give or take a few hundred pounds.
Sure you and overload it and drive around fine, the 7.3L had plenty of power, and with a turbo, they can pull a lot of weight too. However you ARE overloading the truck. Try getting a newer one, where the GVWR is higher, such as the 2005 and later trucks. However they do not have the good 7.3L engines. They do have a 5,700 pound cargo rating on the dually V10 trucks.
Fred.
