Ford F-350 axle ratings

jpjulian wrote:
We purchased a new Excel Winslow 31IKE last October. It has a 17,500# GVWR. Our F-250 diesel pulls it just fine but a trip to the scale yesterday shows we are 240# over our RAWR of 6100#. I can not find a dually, Ford, GM or Ram, anywhere in our area so am considering a SRW F-350. Problem is those available have axle ratios of 3.31 or 3.55. Not Ideal nor either the GVWR of 11,500#. Those of you who have a Ford F-350 SRW 2013-2014 model year, what is your rear axle rating and with what axle gear ratio?

Thanks

Joe

I could only wish I had a 3.55 :) Even the newer DRW Ford only gets as deep as 3.73. The days of the 4.10 like mine are gone thank goodness, as I believe the higher torque of the newer engines has far overcome the gear ratio in favor of fuel mileage.

17,500 GVWR gives you a nice 4,600 lb payload capacity on that rig. You might be selling yourself short even with a 1-ton SRW. That pin could get heavy in a hurry over the years and a few trips to Camping World. Ours overshot the 7K RAWR on our 1-ton SRW if we tried to add any water.