tow vehicle advice
I recently purchased a skyline rampage 30 foot bumper pull toyhauler. this is a triple axle toyhauler with a 15,000 GVWR. I have a 2002 f250 with a 7.3 powerstroke. I know this is too much trailer for...
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allcool wrote:ppine wrote:
You truck is rated for 13,000 pounds or less. Ignore the people that tell you everything will be fine.
You need a newer truck or an older F-450.Dennis58 wrote:
Personally I would not put a 15k bumper pull trailer behind single wheel 3/4 ton truck. I would look for at least a 3500 DRW truck and buy a Hensley Hitch.
https://hensleymfg.com/
My Ford 2014, F350 srw Platinum is rated for 14,000 range conventional towing,as are most all cc sb 4wd srw of its era. The very newest, usually in hard to find configurations get max tow ratings over 15,000. Yes, if you order a new srw 350/3500 2020 truck you can get 1 that has 20,000lb max conventional tow ratings.
My 2014 F350 2.5" hitch is rated for 1850lb tw and 18,000 tow. I try not to go over that tw rating, but sometimes slightly, always keeping under max awr... if the trailer is loaded correctly it tows great. Needs max tw or more to tow good. With these big 3 axle tag TH, TW is everything... Can't stress that enough, don't be scared of huge tw numbers as long as your truck can handle them. If it can't you'll need a new truck....
Also, the Hensley hitch recommend is rated to 14,000lbs max. and goes for $2000+
I just got a new WD anti sway Anderson hitch $650.00 that has a 20,000lb ball, 16,000lb tow, 2000TW. It just uses chains, no heavy bars, no sway bar.
It controls sway better than any hitch I've ever used and tows the best I've ever used on a big TH. My last hitch was a husky 14,000 with bars and a sway bar. It worked ok, but not nearly as easy to use as the Anderson. Nor did it tow as well, and it could not control sway well when tw was not enough... The Anderson is a more forgiving in loading/tw...
As suggested above, a drw will tow a big 3 axle much better for sure, but a newer srw 350 tows fine and optioned out correctly is not over its ratings.
But get a newer drw if you can justify owning a more or less $50,000+ single purpose truck thats not really at home in urban daily driving...
Been shopping for a new truck before this cv19 hit. Saw a beautiful drw F350 limited for $101,000 at my dealership... Who would have thought trucks could cost over a 100grand...
jmo
The only rating that usually matters on an SRW truck is GVWR.
GCWR or "tow rating" are illusory as you'll never load the truck carefully enough to get near that without busting something else.
