Hey all,

Did a little searching on here and didn't find the factory hitch class for a 05 F250, 6.0. I think it's class IV but just wanted to confirm it. Also, does it take a 2" ball mount?

TIA,

Andre'

 

It will say on the driver side of the hitch, My F350 is a V-5 max weight 12,500 pounds

 

EDIT - bad advice

 

Class V should be 2 1/2" receiver. Mine is on my F350.

 

Ditto that. My '350 dually has a factory installed 15k receiver that requires a sleeve insert to get down to a 2" shaft.

 

I have a Class IV- I believe. It is a 2.5" sleeve. Reason I say I think it is a class IV is because I was told from E-Trailer that there really is not a Class V. Nonetheless, it is a 2.5" OEM.

 

Unless you have inserted a sleeve

 

I beleive, only the tow boss, dually 1 tonne came with a factory V-5 15,000 lb, the standard is v-4, 12,500 lb with weight distribution. You have to look at the hitch and the VIN to know what was factory. Your 05 F250 6.0 is a V-4, or class 4, good to 12,500 with weight distribution, its only good for 7000 lbs straight pull, factory. Its a 2 inch hitch. Class 5 is 2.5 inch.

 

Thanks guys, I looked at my hitch last night. As stated, I have an 05, F250, 6.0, cc, sb, Lariat. The sticker on the hitch says V-5, max weight 12,500 and is a 2" revceiver. So the V-5 has two different weight ratings?

 

The classes are not well defined. If you search the net for a definitive chart you won't find it. You will find conflicting info. I even found one source that says class 5 is only 5th wheel.


The hitch on an F250 will say "V-5", but it really is not in my opinion. To be called class 5 by me it must be a 2.5" socket. Bottom line is you have to pay attention to the rating on the hitch label and ignore arbitrary class ratings.

The SAE should step in on this, like they are with tow ratings.

 

There is a lot of confusion about the V5 rating and comparing it to a Class 5, Class 4, etc. rating.

V5 is just a manufacturing standard and does not imply a weight rating.

Our F-250 and SRW F-350 trucks come with a Class 4 or below hitch and have a 2" receiver. The DRW F-350 trucks have a Class 5 hitch with the 2 1/2" receiver.

The label plate on an F-250 hitch rates it for 600# tongue weight without a weight-distributing hitch. This is in Class 3 territory. With a weight distributing hitch the rating goes up significantly and matches Class 4 ratings.

The hitch *is* built well and will probably take far more than its labeled rating.

Lou Braun

 

No sense to any of this. My friends 03, 6.0, F250, sc has 15,000# V-5 sticker with 2" receiver. His truck came with factory over load springs and sway bar. I don't get how the weights can be different.

 

I don't think any F250 came with a 15k# hitch, so maybe it is an aftermarket. But as you have seen, the numbers are all over the place without any consistency between manufacturers.

 

The label on my F250 hitch reads:
Ford V-5
Weight Distributing
Max trailer - 15000
Max tongue - 1500
Weight Carrying
Max trailer - 6000
Max tongue - 600
P.S. It has a factory 2" insert in the 2 1/2" receiver.

 

V-5 is a testing standard, not a Class.

A Class III hitch is rated at Class III by way of the V-5 testing standard.

The V-5 testing standard is now obsoleted, but those interested in comparing hitches should be aware that V-5 is only a testing standard, not a class rating. Most OEM hitches (up until the recent adoption of a new SAE standard) had "V-5" on the label, regardless of weight Class rating. The V-5 simply signifies that the V-5 standard of testing was used to determine the Class rating.

Incidentally, there is no such thing as a Class V in the V-5 testing standard. The highest class rating in the standard is Class IV. The use of the term Class V was a marketing ploy initiated by Reese, that later became a colloquialism for any hitch rated higher than the ratings defined as Class IV.

Specifically, "V-5" is simply a short hand acronym for the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission Regulation 5, or VESC-5, or V-5. This federal commission was convened by the US Govt in the 1960's to address the lack of standards on the ratings of automotive towing equipment. In 1968, a final regulation was adopted, which was later revised in 1973 and 1977, and was later supplemented in 1980 by VESC-19, or "V-19", pertaining to fifth wheels and gooseneck trailers. Similar standards were commissioned by the Society of Automotive Engineers entitled the SAE J684, first issued in 1938, and more recently revised in 1998 and 2004. Some hitch receivers will say SAE J684 on the label instead of, or in addition to, V-5. Again, these symbols do NOT indicate a "Class V" weight or capacity rating, as no such rating exists in either of those standards.

The SAE standard was further supplemented with SAE J2638 pertaining to gooseneck and 5th wheel trailers, and was more recently revised with the towing testing standard that has been in the news during the last five years as the big three play chicken with each other as to who will adopt the new standard first or last, as the newer standard is more stringent, often yielding much lower tow ratings on the same equipment.