Truck/trailer weight help
Hey all first post here We had decided to move up to a fifth wheel so upgraded the truck and bought a fifth wheel and all was good or so we thought. I am supposed to pick up the trailer this Wednes...
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op wrote:
You are correct the250 is a 2010. At this point I am only trying to confirm this has the payload/towing capacity for this specific trailer. We picked the trailer to support our needs for several years so I am not concerned about the truck handling a future trailer just our current one.
Looking at Ford fleet builder specs shows a 2010 F250 4x4 crew cab short bed with a 9300 lb tow rating and a 2800 lb payload ...goes to a 5.4 smallblock gasser with a 3.73 axle.
Looking at a Cougar xlite 28 rdb shows a 10000 GVWR and a 7620 lb dry weight with a 2380 CCC
The F250 has plenty of load carrying capacity for that size trailer. However IMO your not going to like the towing performance a 9k-10k trailer with that small low hp 5.4 engine especially in the hills/mountains and high head wind areas.
As another poster says the F250 with the V10 engine will tow that size trailer with ease.
You sure don't need a one ton DRW for that size trailer.
