E-250 E-350 or?
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Like to add my 0.02 here because no one has mentioned tires. Your 150 may have 4 ply car tires on it. Big difference between those and 10 ply truck tires that usually come on 250's and 350's.
I towed an 1800lb tandem axle car hauler rated for 7000 lbs gross but overloaded with a 6500lb E250 on it for a total of 8300lbs with a half ton suburban wearing 4ply tires. Very scary, wouldn't do it again on the interstate or anything above about 35 mph. I put the same rig on the back of an E-350 wearing 10 ply $300 a piece Michelin XPS rib tires and talk about world of difference. I could still feel that the trailer tires were wishy-washy and needed to be upgraded to 6 or 10ply truck tires, but the Michelins were in control and all in all it was a stable rig up to 65mph or so.
Lot of folks talking about engines. Personally I've never had a problem with the 5.4 gas V8 engine. I guess if you're constantly hauling the fifth wheel through the rockies maybe you need a v10 or diesel but for my purposes the 5.4 V8 does fine.
I towed an 1800lb tandem axle car hauler rated for 7000 lbs gross but overloaded with a 6500lb E250 on it for a total of 8300lbs with a half ton suburban wearing 4ply tires. Very scary, wouldn't do it again on the interstate or anything above about 35 mph. I put the same rig on the back of an E-350 wearing 10 ply $300 a piece Michelin XPS rib tires and talk about world of difference. I could still feel that the trailer tires were wishy-washy and needed to be upgraded to 6 or 10ply truck tires, but the Michelins were in control and all in all it was a stable rig up to 65mph or so.
Lot of folks talking about engines. Personally I've never had a problem with the 5.4 gas V8 engine. I guess if you're constantly hauling the fifth wheel through the rockies maybe you need a v10 or diesel but for my purposes the 5.4 V8 does fine.
I have 6 ply Michelins. If I were in the flat lands things would be great.
Any way I pick to leave WV means big hills. Loaded 2nd gear 35-45 tops.
The hills are just too much for the 351 motor. I did change to a 3:55 rear gear that helped. I just need to stout tow vehicle.
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