17" wheels

Personally I would never purchase a 3/4 with a diesel. The weight of the diesel eats up way too much (~600lbs) of the payload.

The truck you are looking at will have about 2000lb rated payload. I stress rated, not capable. If YOU are OK going over the 3/4 GVWR then those trailer weights will be fine.

Please ensure you do not exceed your tire ratings!!! The 17" tires are your weakest link.

I don't know what year your looking at I thought the standard wheels were 18", I know mine has 20"

Honestly if I were to be truck shopping knowing that my intentions were to tow a 5th wheel I would just skip over to a 350srw as that will give you 11500 for GVWR

Problem with 17" rims is that most OEM tires in the size they use have low capacity numbers. My factory optional LT265/75R16E have quite a bit more capacity! These lower number carry over to a low RGAWR.

Chris

Colo Native wrote:
I have been looking at a F250 Diesel with 17" wheels the door sticker states Front GAWR 5940 Rear GAWR 6100 and the GVWR 10000 is this good enough to tow FW around 9000 to 11000 lbs?

Yes it is enough truck to tow 11k, but based on your "can't sell my MH" thread, you do not have a very good knowledge of things mechanical.
Don't buy the wrong truck too. 6.0 and 6.4 PStrokes are not your best friend. If you gotta go Ford diesel, be thinking about the 6.7s or get a Dmax or Cummins.
No issue with 17" wheels either. Not sure why that is a question. Only millions of HD pickups with 17s running around towing about anything.

1jeep wrote:
Honestly if I were to be truck shopping knowing that my intentions were to tow a 5th wheel I would just skip over to a 350srw as that will give you 11500 for GVWR

I would agree. I don't think GVWR means much of anything on 3/4 ton diesel trucks because it's artifically low for non-performance reasons. If your intent going in is to exceed the GVWR regularly I think it makes more sense to go with a 1 ton. But if you already had a 3/4 ton, I think the important numbers to keep in mind are your tire and axle ratings because that's really what the truck is capable of doing - I wouldn't worry too much about payload. Just my humble opinion, of course.

I don't know why 17" wheels come with lower axle ratings but that seems to be the case across the board. My truck has 18" wheels and a 6500 lb RAWR. The 17" wheels come with 6000 lb RAWR. I don't know if the difference is the tires or wheels.

Grit dog wrote:

Colo Native wrote:
I have been looking at a F250 Diesel with 17" wheels the door sticker states Front GAWR 5940 Rear GAWR 6100 and the GVWR 10000 is this good enough to tow FW around 9000 to 11000 lbs?

Yes it is enough truck to tow 11k, but based on your "can't sell my MH" thread, you do not have a very good knowledge of things mechanical.
Don't buy the wrong truck too. 6.0 and 6.4 PStrokes are not your best friend. If you gotta go Ford diesel, be thinking about the 6.7s or get a Dmax or Cummins.
No issue with 17" wheels either. Not sure why that is a question. Only millions of HD pickups with 17s running around towing about anything.

It is a 2015 F250 6.7 PS

1jeep wrote:
I don't know what year your looking at I thought the standard wheels were 18", I know mine has 20"

Honestly if I were to be truck shopping knowing that my intentions were to tow a 5th wheel I would just skip over to a 350srw as that will give you 11500 for GVWR

2015 F250 and yes it has 17" wheels I don't know why but it sits on the dealers lot if it is a issue I would order one

wow, well I had to go look it up, this must be a bsse model XL or XLT to have 17" wheels. Honestly I had no idea they even bothered anymore, still if you are looking at new just get a 350. Had I known I would be towing a 5th wheel I would have skipped the 250, yes I got a great deal on my truck and im certain they are trying to make you one also since most people skip to a 350.

BTW...I have 90k miles on 6.7 and it has been a great engine, yes the older 6.0 was known for issues.

I would not worry about the 17s, and I think that truck would work well for the size FW you mention.

I ordered my truck with the 17s (General Grabbers), and stayed with the 250, to avoid the 4" block on the 350 rear axle. My concern was height of 4x4, to clear garage door, and to keep my FW towing closer to level.

My tires are rated 3195, and RAWR is 6200. I did order HD service suspension.

Jerry

IdaD wrote:

1jeep wrote:
Honestly if I were to be truck shopping knowing that my intentions were to tow a 5th wheel I would just skip over to a 350srw as that will give you 11500 for GVWR

I would agree. I don't think GVWR means much of anything on 3/4 ton diesel trucks because it's artifically low for non-performance reasons. If your intent going in is to exceed the GVWR regularly I think it makes more sense to go with a 1 ton. But if you already had a 3/4 ton, I think the important numbers to keep in mind are your tire and axle ratings because that's really what the truck is capable of doing - I wouldn't worry too much about payload. Just my humble opinion, of course.

I don't know why 17" wheels come with lower axle ratings but that seems to be the case across the board. My truck has 18" wheels and a 6500 lb RAWR. The 17" wheels come with 6000 lb RAWR. I don't know if the difference is the tires or wheels.

I looked at putting 17" wheels on my 2001 Ram with 16" wheels. The issue is the the tire weight rating on my 265/75-16 E's is 3,415# ea. the 17" were 265/70-17" E and the rating was only 3,195# ea. that would have bee a drop of 880# of tire capacity, not worth it to me!!