Trailer Weight
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Trailer Weight
I have a 2011 F250 CCSB 6.2L FX4 Lariate and have towed a flatbed and car with it at roughly 6K through mountains. Truck did pretty good with power and staying at a decent speed while climbing. Now I'm in the process of getting an older fifth wheel. I'm planning on traveling the country. The truck is also my daily and can't justify or warrant a diesel. So I'm aware of the roughly 15K max towing I can do but what if I stuck closer to 10K trailer. Do you think my truck is okay a maintaining decent momentum with that light weight of a trailer. Just got on here and started reading horror stories about my truck towing from other people while on hills. I also know there is a big difference between towing cars versus a huge box.
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What gears are in the truck?
Your already familiar with the gas engine needing to operate in a higher rpm/ lower trans gear at times, certainly not the end of world and if you can live with that should be no issues. Plus you'll be climbing hills/ mountains at a slower speed, once again not the end of the world unless you have ants in your pants.
Your already familiar with the gas engine needing to operate in a higher rpm/ lower trans gear at times, certainly not the end of world and if you can live with that should be no issues. Plus you'll be climbing hills/ mountains at a slower speed, once again not the end of the world unless you have ants in your pants.
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3/4-ton trucks usually hit the payload limit on fifth wheels before they reach the max tow limit. A 10K fifth wheel (loaded - NOT dry weight) will have a pin weight of about 2,300 lbs. (23% of the loaded weight or trailer GVWR if you can't actually weigh the trailer). Working backwards, you could figure out the actual payload capacity of your truck (using separate axle weights from the CAT scale and adding the weight of whatever hitch you're considering). Take that number and multiply it by four - that is the loaded or max weight (again - use GVWR) of the fifth wheels you can consider.
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3/4-ton trucks usually hit the payload limit on fifth wheels before they reach the max tow limit. A 10K fifth wheel (loaded - NOT dry weight) will have a pin weight of about 2,300 lbs. (23% of the loaded weight or trailer GVWR if you can't actually weigh the trailer). Working backwards, you could figure out the actual payload capacity of your truck (using separate axle weights from the CAT scale and adding the weight of whatever hitch you're considering). Take that number and multiply it by four - that is the loaded or max weight (again - use GVWR) of the fifth wheels you can consider.
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