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TexasNate
Explorer
Jul 24, 2023

Need advice if safe for my pickup to pull a heavy 5th wheel

Hi folks. We have a 2004 Ford F-350 6 liter diesel pickup. It's not a dually, unfortunately. Everything is stock other than headers and a cold air intake. We recently bought a 2016 Oakmont 5th wheel w...
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JIMNLIN
Explorer III
Jul 24, 2023
A 20 year old truck doesn't have the high gvwr/rawrs (wheels/tires/rear suspension) as the new gen F350srw trucks.
For a single one run as you mention and assuming brakes on the truck/trailer work as they should it would be ok in my books....and no overloaded rawr (rear axle/rear tire/rear suspension).
Other consideration is what kind of shape is the 20 year old tranny (auto?)

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