Purchasing a 2020 Fleetwood Pace Arrow. The tow capacity states 10K but I know it is not the actual tow capacity given the GCWR of the motorhome. I have ordered the Demco Excail-Bar III Tow Bar and Demco Classic Base Plate Kit. I plan on selling my truck and ordered the Brake Buddy Select 3 system.

Searched for a while in the threads and found a very useful link:
Towing - Towing the Vehicle on Four Wheels (fordservicecontent.com)

Now I am trying to figure out if I should really try and flat tow my truck. Any advice on flat towing an F250 Crew Cab Diesel will be very helpful.

 

I don't think I've ever seen someone with an RV flat towing anything larger than a small SUV or compact pickup. I know a guy that flat tows an 04-08 range F150 behind his farm equipment but he leaves the engine running and the trans in neutral, he never tows it more than 15-20 miles so I guess he isn't worried about fuel consumption.

 

I have seen a few larger motorhomes tow F250s. Normally not smaller ones.

 

It is hard to beat a Jeep Wrangler for flat towing. I towed mine behind my class C RV. I sold the RV and got a bumper pull trailer and a F250 this year. Now I think if I went back to an RV I would prefer to tow my F250 behind it.

I have seen lots of full size trucks and SUVs being flat towed. Occasionally see a 3/4 ton behind a motorhome too. If the RV can tow it, I don't see why not. My class C was technically rated to tow 7,500 lbs though I don't think it would be enjoyable and probably put the setup over its CGWR. But a diesel pusher RV should handle it well enough.

 

If you plan on selling your F250 then I assume you no longer have a need for it. Your F250 is well suited for hauling and towing heavy loads. Is this what you need in a vehicle you will use to get around at your various destinations? If not, then I think a smaller and lighter vehicle will be a better choice to flat tow. It will also be better for parking at the campsite and just driving around. Just a thought.

 

Now is the time to sell it if you don’t need it.

But yes you can flat tow it. It tells you how in the owners manual.

 

I do not want to sell the truck until I sell the fifth wheel. Flat towing the F250 is a short term solution until we sell the fifth wheel. Would town my wife's Escalade, but found out in 2020 they changed up their transfer case. We ordered with 4WD but come to find out, you have to order with the ultimate tow package to have a two speed (2WDH/4WDH/4WDL/N) transfer case.

I am finding out the Fleetwood Pace Arrow we are purchasing would have problems towing the heavy F250. Then others say it will be fine just do not pack heavy. Now looking into Jeeps as suggested.

 

Gonna hijack the thread here to see if someone can clarify the flat-tow instructions for me.

My inlaws sold their 2019 F450 and 43' toy hauler, because they want to go back to a motorhome to travel. They purchased a Lincoln MKZ to pull behind it, but also ended up buying a 2022 F250 so they have a truck to deal with winter, since they are having trouble finding a decent motorhome that isn't torn up or full of water leaks. They also are/were looking for a car dolly, one that also had a platform for carrying their golf cart - the only company they can find that builds them charges something like $7-10k for them.

The other day I was adjusting some settings for him and discovered the truck has an option to be towed flat. We investigated the owner's manual, but it starts off describing how to do it with the push-button ignition instead of the key. It goes through the process, then mentions that if you have a key it must stay in the acc position, which seems like it would kill the battery. It also sounds like the transmission needs to stay in neutral.

I guess what I'm looking for is someone to explain to me the process to flat-tow a Super Duty, because if he can flat-tow his truck, it solves a LOT of issues for them - they can sell the car, NOT buy the $7-10k car dolly, and haul the golf cart in the bed of the pickup along with a set of ramps to unload it. He also won't be leaving the truck sitting for months on end while they are on the road.

Can someone help me out?

 

Not sure about the 2022 but the link in my original post gives detailed instructions on how to engage the transfer case in N. I did watch a video on a 2021 where you navigate through the screen in your gauge cluster to engage neutral for flat tow. Essentially I believe the newer models eliminate the sequence of steps you have to do to engage the transfer case in N.

 

Most likely the key would have to be in the ACC position to keep the steering wheel from locking. That is the nice thing about Jeep Wranglers, they no longer have steering wheel locks so you can tow them without the key. There are modules you can put on the TOAD to take power from the RV 7 pin harness to keep the TOADs battery charged as well.

How do you plan for them to do the braking? In the Jeep I used a power brake controller that ran off the battery so I had to worry about that draining the battery. I believe the class A RVs with air brakes can use an air hose to some sort of device to apply brakes in the TOAD.

 

Yes but a Wrangler is out of the question for them, as you can't (at least not in our state, and I believe the same is true for many others) pull ANOTHER trailer behind the towed vehicle, and they have a golf cart to take with them.

With the RV units they are looking at, I'm not sure braking is going to be an issue. They're looking at 40'+ rigs with air brakes and tag axles. That said, I am kinda on the outside looking in, I can learn things for them but how they plan on doing things is completely up to them.

 

Yes, I was merely pointing out that the key in the ignition was to unlock the steering wheel. The info about the Jeep is superfluous and I was not suggesting they get a Jeep.