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Originally Posted by tjfisher55
I'm looking for info on max weight I can tow.
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My specs don't go back that far, but probably the max GCWR you would have is 16,000 pounds. That requires a 4.10 rear axle with the diesel engine, and also assumes you have stock-size tires.
So if your GCWR is 16,000 pounds, then weigh the wet and loaded truck and subtract that weight from 16,000. The answer is the max weight of any trailer you should tie onto.
Typical wet and loaded truck weight would be 7,500 pounds before you tie onto the trailer. That would leave 8,500 pounds as the heaviest loaded trailer you should attempt to tow.
Sure, that diesel engine will pull more weight than the GCWR would allow, but you'll be pulling the guts out of your tow vehicle.
If I had the GCWR I would know better what your max trailer weight should be. I suspect with the manual tranny your GCWR was less than 16,000 pounds. With the 3.55 rear end, it was only 12,000 pounds, but I suspect the 3.55 rear end was available only on F-250 diesels.
Asking questions about working a 20-year-old pickup hard indicates that the Ford diesel pickups were an excellent buy 20 years ago.
