I am trying to figure out if my 94 F250LD will be up to the task of towing my 18' BIG TEX car trailer.
I have towed it with the following vehicles and never had a problem.
1977 F250 std cab 2wd,460/C6, Dana61 with 3.08 gears....did just fine
1979 F350 SuperCab 2wd, 460/C6(slipping BADLY), D70 with 3.54 gears. Did great
1984 F250 Diesel..did just fine
1996 Chevy Suburban...did awesome.
But this 94 is built on an F150 frame with 10.25 semi floating rear axle w/4.10 gears, 351w,E4OD, 2wd. I dont tow everyday, but dont want to bend and trash this truck. It's only temporary til I get my 89 SuperCab dually built.
So, I am looking for SECTION MODULUS and FRAME SPECIFICATIONS for 9th gen F-Series trucks.
Thank You

 

What people now call a light duty F-250 is really the standard F-250, and is the direct descendent of your '77 F-250 (your '84 F-250 diesel was almost certainly a HD F-250). So sorry, I can't give you numbers. But your current "light duty" F-250 shouldn't be any weaker than your previous one.

 

Do you have your owners manual? If so towing guides are listed in it. Take your truck fill up the gas tank, and load up any normal cargo. Take it to a cat scale and get gross and axle weights. Look at the vin placard in the door jamb. Subtract the measured axle and vehicle weights from the gross weights listed on the placard. These values will be the amount of load your truck can carry. Repeat this with an empty and loaded trailer. You'll be fine as long as you don't over load any of the max gross weight ratings. A weight distributing hitch can help if you are close to the max weight rating of the rear axle.

 

Thanks guys. I did some research over at the 73-79 forums and found the frames were 3/16" back then...and that is what mine is. So I should be just fine. Just the sound of "F150" frame or "LIGHT DUTY" make a person think..."WEAK" for any type of work truck...I dont mean to offend any F150 owners out there as I am referring to my "F250LD".