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Re: Need advice if safe for my pickup to pull a heavy 5th wheel
Samsonsworld wrote: I owned a 2006 6.0l Slowpoke and that's a bad combination imo. No way I tow that much. Yeah, unfortunately it looks like my current pickup is insufficient to handle this rv. I'm trying to determine a baseline for what kind of pickup would handle it safely.849Views0likes0CommentsRe: Need advice if safe for my pickup to pull a heavy 5th wheel
When the rv was hauled for us, it already was fully loaded with all of our stuff, so that tongue weight the hauler reported should be the maximum weight. I should have mentioned that earlier. Thanks again to everyone for all the input, it's much appreciated.849Views0likes0CommentsRe: Need advice if safe for my pickup to pull a heavy 5th wheel
I currently on the road and don't have access to my truck but according to my notes it's supposed to be able to pull 14,200 lbs and Payload capacity of 3425. The specs for my model rv say dry weight 13,576, GVWR of 15,500 and tongue weight of 2580. I'm currently looking for someone in the Salem, Oregon area to haul the rv to Montana since it looks like the rv weight is over what my truck can handle. After that I guess I'll be looking for a more capable pickup truck. Thanks again for all the input.477Views0likes0CommentsRe: Need advice if safe for my pickup to pull a heavy 5th wheel
Thanks for the input from everyone, it's much appreciated. We The consensus seems to be that our truck is just not suitable for this heavy of a trailer so I think we're going to try to hire someone to transport it and then look into getting a more capable pickup for the future. Does anyone have a recommendation along the lines of what a baseline is for pickups for something this heavy? Should it be a 1 ton dually and less than 10 years old (or newer)? The last thing I want to do is put ourselves and other people on the road at risk but we travel a lot for work so I need to be able to pull this myself in the future.469Views0likes0CommentsNeed advice if safe for my pickup to pull a heavy 5th wheel
Hi folks. We have a 2004 Ford F-350 6 liter diesel pickup. It's not a dually, unfortunately. Everything is stock other than headers and a cold air intake. We recently bought a 2016 Oakmont 5th wheel which I have no experience pulling. It's very heavy. Loaded at the scale it showed it at a little over 16000 pounds. We need to take it from Oregon to Montana and there are a couple of mountain passes. Considering our lack of experience with a fifth wheel and the weight of the RV, I'm a little concerned about those passes. I was wondering if someone more experienced than myself with this heavy of a trailer could advise whether it would be safe to pull this rv with this truck on a steep grade. We've driven a large class A motorhome towing a jeep all over the country but are new to 5th wheels.5.8KViews0likes40Comments
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