Towing a fiver with a 9' flatbed
Hello all. Hopefully a question is OK for a first post. It is what led me to the forums here. I have a 2008 F350 Dually with a 9' long 100" wide flatbed on it. I am wanting to use this as a tow ...
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While a couple inches in front of the axle is the preferred, if you run the math, 2" behind the axle will have almost no impact on the forces involved. It's still going to be 99% of the pin weight on the rear axle.
Let's say, a 2000lb pin weight 2in ahead or behind the axle and 176in wheel base. Run the math and it adds or subtracts all of 23lb on the front axle. If it's behind, the 23lb goes onto the rear axle...Not enough to worry about.
This assumes the bed and ball are properly supported and tied into the frame.
The 78" diagonal is likely the stumbling point but it will depend. There is no standard distance and different pin boxes extend different distances forward.
As suggested, to take a measuring tape and see what some measurements are.
You will need to check the hitch height but with no bed sides to worry about, you can drop the 5er hitch to it's lowest set of bolt holes.
Let's say, a 2000lb pin weight 2in ahead or behind the axle and 176in wheel base. Run the math and it adds or subtracts all of 23lb on the front axle. If it's behind, the 23lb goes onto the rear axle...Not enough to worry about.
This assumes the bed and ball are properly supported and tied into the frame.
The 78" diagonal is likely the stumbling point but it will depend. There is no standard distance and different pin boxes extend different distances forward.
As suggested, to take a measuring tape and see what some measurements are.
You will need to check the hitch height but with no bed sides to worry about, you can drop the 5er hitch to it's lowest set of bolt holes.
