F150 OK for 5ver @ 7000lbs Dry??
Hi All: Ford dealer says F150 bed payload not strong enough for Keystone Cougar 244RL Dry at 7klbs and we must purchase an F350. Any input greatly appreciated - F150/F250/F350? Thanks!
Forum Discussion
zogg wrote:
Interesting......the pin weight of the fiver at 1270# is only 170# more than the tongue weight of my travel trailer, which I tow with a Ram 1500. As the Ram has less payload than the f150, assuming it is set up correctly for the load, you should be absolutely ok......now watch out for the weight police!!!
Problem is that, that 7000lb dry 5'er could easily be 8000lbs loaded. That's 1600lbs on the pin. Factor in passengers and add 250-300lbs and you're at almost 1900lbs of payload. No F150's except for the HD Payload have that much CCC. Max Tow F150's only have in the range of 1750-1850lbs of CCC with GVW's of 7650-7700. The HD Payload gets you 8200lbs GVW and apr400-500lbs more payload.
He'll be lucky to find a MaxTow F150 let alone an HD payload F150.
Much better chance of getting an F250. And when you're looking at HD F150's by the time you option them out with the HD payload package you can get an F250 for almost the same price.
JMO but I'd be looking at Ram 2500 6.4's. Early reports are showing pretty decent mpgs.
