confusion over weight I can tow
I want to up grade from a TAG pull behind to a 5th wheeler and I am getting different weights that I can tow safely. I have called Ford dealers, RV dealers and even the Ford Motor co and all tel me I...
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rhagfo wrote:sail2liv wrote:
Stay 1000 lbs below GCWR.....Stay below TV front/rear axle WR...weigh TV at CCAT with people/cargo for camping and add 5th wheel hitch weight to that...if one not installed....try and load a 100 lbs where the hitch will be before you weigh to get a better picture of axle weight on each axle...then you can apply the numbers to see what size trailer you can get.....Subtract rear axle weight from rear axle WR to get pin weight...Subtract TV total axle weight + 1000 from GCRW to get max trailer weight.....this is a starting point then apply all the number and make sure your vehicles fall in correct limits.....good luck
It's a diesel, the best Ford ever put in it's trucks, take it right up to the GCVWR!
That motor as ALL the IHC V8 diesels Ford used, can be had in rigs as high as 35-40K gcwr! Does one really think/feel that this motor will not be able to handle 20K gcwr?!?!?!? Probably do just fine. Even my IDI7.3 has a gcwr in a class 6 of 35K lbs, yet ford only gave it at best a 16 to 18 gcwr!
At the end of the day, it will be payload that will kill this truck! as it does for most pickups! of any size or gvwr depending upon what it is you want to tow! Especially 5w/gooseneck style trailers!
Marty
