Jun-29-2013 11:31 AM
Jun-30-2013 06:34 AM
Jun-29-2013 03:57 PM
KoloradoKamper wrote:
I need to correct an error. My truck is a 6.4L power max diesel and the gcwr is 23000.
Jun-29-2013 02:28 PM
Jun-29-2013 12:51 PM
azdryheat wrote:
I'm pretty sure that Ford engineers and lawyers did some calculations with some built-in fudge factor when they came up with a 15,900# 5th wheel rating. You also can bet Ford knows what the pin weight would be on a 15,900# trailer and how much people and cargo would weigh. If Ford's lawyers thought for a minute that a buyer could get into trouble with the published numbers then they would have downgraded the 15,900.
Jun-29-2013 12:29 PM
Jun-29-2013 12:27 PM
KoloradoKamper wrote:Only a Class 8 semi tractor can tow about anything.
I thought the F-350 could tow about anything...I am finding I am way off on this.
Jun-29-2013 12:21 PM
Jun-29-2013 12:16 PM
samandtheduck wrote:
I agree with Old-Biscuit up until the point where he said "GVWR of 15k". I was shopping for 5th wheels and was eliminating some of the trailers because the GVWR was higher than I wanted to pull. A salesman informed me that the GVWR doesn't always give you the information you want. The trailer I ended up buying has a GVWR of 16k. That is 2-7k axles and 2k on the pin. I have had it on the scales twice and one time it was 13.8k and the next time it was 14.1k. I hate to confuse you with more math but I would look at the dry weight and the carrying capacity. If it has a large carrying capacity and you only plan on carrying half that amount that is the number yoiu should be looking at. My problem is my pin weight is a little to much for the GVWR of my truck.
Brian
Jun-29-2013 12:00 PM
Jun-29-2013 11:59 AM
Jun-29-2013 11:58 AM
Old-Biscuit wrote:
Go weigh your truck.......camp ready (passengers, any stuff in truck etc.)
That's your actual truck weight.
Add 250# for 5th wheel hitch
Subtract that weight from trucks GVWR (11,500#).
That will be available payload (how much pin weight truck can handle before reaching GVWR)
Take 20% of GVWR of 5th wheel and use that as 'pin weight'
So if 5th wheel GVWR is 15,000.....pin weight would be roughly 3000# (rig loaded ready to camp)
Find the 5th wheel that meets your available payload.
With a GVWR of 11,500# on your truck you should have no problem with a 15K GVWR 5th wheel.
Jun-29-2013 11:47 AM
Jun-29-2013 11:44 AM