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Originally Posted by Cobrar05
i have an '02 F250 supercab longbed.
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GVWR 8,800 pounds.
Wet and loaded weight with one passenger, toolbox full of tools, cooler full of cool, gooseneck hitch installed, normal options such as a spray-in bedliner, tank full of diesel = 7,800 pounds before you tie onto the trailer.
Available payload for hitch weight before you exceed the GVWR of the tow vehicle = 1,000 pounds
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i just bought an exiss 38' gooseneck aluminum trailer. 6k lbs empty. it will carry a 3200lb mce car and support stuff(tires, tools, tables and chairs).
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The only weight that really matters is the GVWR of the trailer, which will tell you the wet and loaded hitch weight. That Exiss is probably 14,000 pounds GVWR. A properly-loaded 14,000 pound gooseneck trailer will have a hitch weight of about 20 percent, or 2,800 pounds.
So you're going to be overloaded by about 1,800 pounds over the GVWR of your truck. Not a good.
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i need to know if my truck can safely pull this trailer on hauls of 4 to 8 hours or do i have to upgrade to a dually?
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Ford says you should
never exceed the GVWR of your truck.
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I would prefer to keep the F250.
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I would prefer a Ranger, or maybe one of those cute new Honda pickups, but they're a little too light in the britches.
