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A friend of mine has an '06 6.0. It is an F-250 CC with the automatic. He is contemplating purchasing a fifth wheel travel trailer and is concerned as to what size and weight would be the safe maximum to pull with this particular truck? Thanks in advance.
Pretty much any fifth wheel I would think. I pull a 32' gooseneck and a tractor frequently. (about 10,000 lbs total) and my truck pulls it fine. Squats a little but not much. Fifth wheels pull very easy.
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06 Cummins, White, CCSB
Smarty POD
MP8
Flux 3s
II SB66
Hamilton 110 Springs
Hamilton Big Stick
AirDogII
All shifted by a full billet HTS
I've pulled over 20k with mine. Dont really recommend pulling that much [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif[/img] but the truck performed flawlessly.
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2004 Ford F250 Lariat FX4 6.0 Powerstoke Diesel SCT Xcal 2 aFe Stage 2 Cold Air Intake 4" Pro Comp Lift Firestone Air lift
35 x 12.50 x 16 Toyo Open Country A/T
A few months back I pulled my heaviest load yet which was 7 tons of AG lime for my deer foodplots. I regularly pull around my tractor which with the combined weight of the trailer, tractor, and a couple implements is around 9k.
Thanks for the input, I'll pass it along. My buddy is ready to buy a trailer, but was unsure about weight limits. The information provided will certainly help make his mind up.
Limiting factor is trailer pin weight and tires. A 5000# trailer could overload the tires and cause big problems. Most any modern 5'er under about 32' should be OK.
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'03 Arizona Beige F-350 DRW CC 6.0L, TQShift, 4.10 ls rear, 01/21/03 eng, 01/23/03 build.
Combined gross vehicle weight is what will most likely be his limiting factor. Nowadays you can easily bust your limit with some of these trailers (especially toyhaulers).
The engine will pull a heck of a lot more weight then a 3/4 ton chassis is rated to link up with (especially when dealing with 4x4 Crew Cabs).
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05 F-350, PSD, 4x4, Crew Cab,6-Speed
2" Front Level Kit, Pro Comp ES9000 Shocks
Firestone Model 2400 Airbags (horrid engineering)
Tow 30' Toyhauler
*-Friends don't let Friends run Crap-lisle Trailer Tires
I have pulled 17000 pounds fiver with my 04 350 srw and it pulled great but the wind was not fun. my 05 350 dually pulls the hell out of the srw and the wind is no problem you should be safe with a 32-35 foot fith wheel
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2004 F-350 Lariat 4x4/CC/SRW/6.0 PSD
18 Inch Suspention with Atlas Springs,Cross Over Sterring, 6 Chrome 2.5 Kings Piggy Backs, Ladder Bars Front And Rear With Heims,Custom Cross member,Re-Indexing Ring On Transfer Case,4.56 Precision Gears, Lockers Front and Rear, High Angle Driveline Long Slip Front Shaft, High Angle Driveline Two Piece CV Rear Shaft,Sdhq Steel Braided Brake Lines, AMP Research Steps, On Board Air, RBP Turbo Back Exhaust With 6 In Tip,AFE XP Intake,Banks Intercooler,03 Turbo,Heads Ported & Polished By John Wood,ARP Headstuds,SCT By John Wood,Zex Nitrious System,3 Gauge Pilliar (Boost,Pyro,Trans),Mag-Hytec Front & rear Diff Cover, Mag-Hytec Trans Pan, Eclipse 3423 In Dash Dvd,3 JL Audio 10s Behined Seats, And 2008 Front Clip With An RBP Grille
2008 F-450 Lariat 4x4/CC/DRW/6.4 PSD 4.88 LS
Donahoe Racing 2.5 Leveling Kit, Still Working On The Lift For The Rear, Pulls 2006 Weekend Warrior Cl 4005
2005 F-350 Lariat 4x4/CC/Drw/6.0 psd/4.10 Rears
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