Miss Standie ! You will get some great info on this site !

ps: I f you ever made it to Lebanon Raceway north of Cincy you probably bet on our Big Girl , She raced there for quite a while before becoming a brood mare , many of her off spring still race there and our other girl is her grand daughter !

 

I recommend an upgrade to your trans cooler, otherwise you are fine IMO, assuming the frame-mounted hitch as mentioned, or a bigger, heavier bumper than stock.

 

Did we ever determine how often The Lady will be pulling this amount of weight? If it was said, I missed it.

If it's not often I wouldn't worry about it but that's a lot of weight for the 300 to try and pull through a heavy automatic transmission and semi-highway gearing.

I'm just concerned about the hills, more than anything.

 

Hi Gentlemen,

Yup, I'm a lady. I guess the horses bring out a little of the tomboy and a necessity to have some understanding if something goes wrong.

This will be more the emergency vehicle and maybe local day trips. When the fires came to California it scared me to have to wait for an evac team. I doubt we will ever be going more than 50 miles and I prefer slower than faster with live loads.

The truck is at 168,000 and still going strong on the motor end. I really love this ugly old hunk and don't want to part with it unless I have too. I keep the fluids up and do routine checks.

 

Well shucks you ought to be fine then.

 

I agree with most of the advise here and have racked up lots of miles towing many different loads with different tow vehicles.

I would be more concerned about stopping this load, especially in hilly terrain. Electric Trailer Brakes would be a must for me.

 

I have the same setup with an older truck and a 5spd tranny... That 300 I6 will get your 50 miles no problem. I would suggest like other have to do a few things to lessen the strain.

1.) tranny cooler (great idea to save on rebuilding it later)
2.) 5th wheel trailer is going to be a ton easier on the truck as well as easy to get trailer brakes with.
3.) trailer brakes of course! trust me i have over loaded my trucks plenty and the one thing you are going to want is to be able to stop (especially with live loads!)
4.) oh and whether you are bumper or 5th wheel you will probably need to look at the load range on your tires. The last thing you'll need during a "get away" is a blown tire from overload.

Plus with a few upgrades you might find it easier to run longer distances...

 

Hell if it was an emergency situation I would tow my horses out of there with a 4-cyl Ranger if that's what it took. You can get away with a lot if we are only talking about a 1-time thing.

The E4OD will appreciate an external cooler even if you never tow with it. Don't get the one that looks like a tube snaking back and forth, get the one that looks like a real radiator.

 

I second the trailer brakes.

 

I also suggest an external transmission cooler. It will prolong the life of the transmission even if you don't tow.

 

I would like to point out something.

For a '94 F-250 HD, 4.9L, E4OD, 2WD, AND A 4.10 GEAR SET is still only rated for something north of 10,000 lbs. You aren't even rated to tow that much weight. Just keep that in mind.