I have a 88 F350 Crew Cab 7.3 Diesel with 5 speed manual transmission. I have a gooseneck hitch and regular Class IV hitch. I'm looking for info on max weight I can tow.
I would venture a estimate of 10-12K. You will not be going fast with that weight, but it should do it in fine fasion.
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1996 F-250 extended cab long box five speed. Home made Tymar, 203 Stat, 60 gal in bed fuel cell, 315/75's, no muffler, ebpv welded open 3" to 3" DP, Babies. 290K, still chugging, and still smoking when cold.
UPDATED 1/1/09 Replace so far. 1 LUK flywheel+clutch, 2 thermostats, 2 set of brakes, 1 set of calipers, 5 CPS, 3 sets of tires, 2 Transfer pumps, 1 Injector modual, 1 Computer, 2 Alt, 2 sets of batteries, 1 Water pump, 6 Belts, 1 PS hose, 2 Sets ball joints, 2 set u-joints, 2 carrier bearing, 2 Speed sensors, 1 oil pres sender, 1 temp sender, 4 sets of e-break cables, 1 front fuel tank, 2 rear fuel tanks, 2 set of glow plugs, 7 Glow plug relays, Oil galley o-rings, Turbo pedistal o-rings, EBPV o-rings, 3 sets of Injector O-rings, 1 Vac-pump, 1 new carpet, 1 total paint job.Total $$$ in repairs v/s miles driven = 4.6 cents per mile. Add fuel to that it jumps to 16.5 cents per mile over the life of the truck.
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.
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My Sierra Blanca in the sig pic was a great pickup for 11.5 years. I sold it last year. Replacement is a 2012 F-150 EcoBoost SuperCrew Lariat.
The specs suv7734 posted says you have 14,000 GCWR and 9,000 max trailer weight and a max of 60 sq ft frontal area if you have a 4.10 rear axle ratio. But take that max trailer weight with a grain of salt, because it assumes your wet and loaded tow vehicle weighs only 5,000 pounds. And we know it weighs a lot more than that.
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My Sierra Blanca in the sig pic was a great pickup for 11.5 years. I sold it last year. Replacement is a 2012 F-150 EcoBoost SuperCrew Lariat.
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