1/2 Ton Towable 5th Wheel
Hello: Does anyone have a 5th wheel that they say can be towed by a 1/2 ton truck? Are you actually towing it with a 1/2 ton truck and what kind of truck do you have? I had originally thought t...
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valhalla360 wrote:mt1729 wrote:
Just to add a little bit more information. The ford 3.5 v6 ecoboost puts out 375 horsepower & 470 foot pounds of torque. How a little mostly aluminum engine of that size can handle twin turbos and that much power is mind boggling. However they seem to be holding up as well as any other gas engine that's out there.
I think it comes down to very few tow at the max ratings or even tow much at all (ie:90% or more of miles are running empty).
If Ford was comfortable towing 10k on a regular basis, they would be putting it in the 3/4 & 1 ton trucks.
Yes, the motor can put out those numbers but doing so really limits the duty rating.
That is fine unless you are full time. 50% or more of the time we are towing our 19000#, 40 ft 5er. So we want a truck rated to tow more than 10% of the time.
Ken
