Wnated to share a picture of our new Fifth wheel travel trailer being pulled by my F-250. I had to use the truck to move the trailer from one campsite to another, about 500 yards distance. The truck handled the weight easily and even with the large turning radius, I was able to back the trailer into a pretty tight site. The trailer is about 44 foot long and weighs 22-24,000lbs. I am in the process of shopping for a bigger truck, but am not looking forward to letting this great truck go. <font color="blue">TRAILER PICTURE</font>
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2008 F-450 Lariat Dark Stone Metallic over Pueblo Gold 4x4(manual shift transfer case, manual hubs), High capacity tow 4:88s, Off Road, Camper packages, Sirius Sat, Upfitter switches, DVD entertainment, tailgate step, traction control, Audiophile 6-disc, PTC Supplemental heat and heated seats(warm buns), rear sensors, traction control, tailgate step. Built May 8, delivered May 24
Reese Signature Series 24k fiver hitch, I installed it myself, best hitch I have found yet
Line-X bedliner, heavy duty floor mats
2003 Sunline F281SR(weekend getaways)
Sea Ray 240 Sundeck http://community.webshots.com/user/C...host=community
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2000 model Red GMC 3500,DRW,2WD,Reg cab,5.7 V8,auto 8'5" J&I flatbed. 1982 white Ford F-100, reg cab, shortbed, 3.8 V6, 3 speed on the tree.
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02 F250 4x4 7.3 / 3.73 gear stocked Crew Cab Long bed.(238150 miles on her) SP diesel exhaust brake and TC lock - not using the TC lock.
Very nice 5r,, that is ALOT OF TRAILER! Sheeesh!!!
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Jim T.*48* SLAPS Co-Founder, 30.8 yrs RETIRED UAW 6/01/06, Now an ART (Specialists Flight Chief) with the USAFR 414th MXS Seymour Johnson AFB. My pics!'03 Dually pics!, New truck, 2011 F-350 SRW LB CC. White Platinum Lariat! 4x4
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Wnated to share a picture of our new Fifth wheel travel trailer being pulled by my F-250. I had to use the truck to move the trailer from one campsite to another, about 500 yards distance. The truck handled the weight easily and even with the large turning radius, I was able to back the trailer into a pretty tight site. The trailer is about 44 foot long and weighs 22-24,000lbs. I am in the process of shopping for a bigger truck, but am not looking forward to letting this great truck go.
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Nice looking setup, but I sure wouldn't want to do that with an F250 on a daily basis. That weight is even beyond what my F350 Dually with the Tow Boss is rated (Max 19,400Lbs for a Fifth Wheel). If you are going to be towing that trailer, you really should go the Medium Duty (F650 or greater). I don't think 450's or 550's are rated that high, or if they are, hope you always travel on flat ground as you want to add anywhere from 10% (East Coast) to 15% (West Coast) of the load for mountain towing. That trailer is definately more than the Superduty specs allow.
Larry
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2006 F350 (Lariat - KR Trim) Crew Cab Dually
6.0L Torque Shift
Tow Command / Tow Boss / Slide In Camper Package
13,000 GVW / 26,000 GCWR
2006 Keystone Everest 345S FW Trailer
With that much trailer, I'd be leaning towards a F-450 or F-550. More towards a F-550! There's some nice ones out there now, with boxes to match! With the 550 you'll get heavier brakes, springs, rear end, front end, axles and probably tranny.
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1995 F-350 XLT Crew Cab Dually 5 spd - Basically Stock - Used everyday for work & play (pulling 1989 36' Airstream Landyacht 5th wheel around the countryside to stock car races). I've owned the truck since new. I'm fortunate enough to be the 4th owner of the Airstream.
You need a converted class 8 truck like my single axle volvo.
They can be registered as motorhomes so they are CDl exempt. The only way to tow heavy safely. Turn better then a CC long bed ford, go for over a million miles and can be had for under 30K to mention a few positives.
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With that much trailer, I'd be leaning towards a F-450 or F-550. More towards a F-550!
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New F-450 with HD towing pkg is rated for 30,000 pounds GCWR. If the 5er grosses 24k on the road, then that leaves only 6k for the wet and loaded truck.
New F-550 with HD towing pkg is rated for 33,000 pounds GCWR. If the 5er grosses 24k on the road, then that leaves only 9k for the wet and loaded truck. And a wet and loaded F-550 with steel bed/body will probably weigh closer to 10,000 pounds.
So I'll have to agree that a class 6 medium-duty truck would be ideal for that much 5er. F-650 Ford. Freightliner FL-60 with Mercedes engine, or the new International RXT ( http://www.internationaldelivers.com...ily/rxttow.asp ). And Peterbilt now makes a class 6 truck similar to the RXT that some of the rich guys are using to tote their monster 5ers or LQs. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/warmsmile.gif[/img]
A class 8 tractor would be overkill, but perhaps a used one converted to single rear axle would be suitable, and cost less than a new class 6.
I would go with the 550 with that baby. I was 16k with a new 01 350 and blew the turbo and slightly tweeked the bed. You could tell by the struts at the fenders pricking the fender steel.
The 450 tranny would heat. It was a dually run a long and I hated it for 2 years till I sold it.
I think I would actually get a 650 if I had a rig that big. Nothing like sweating bullets on a happy go lucky vacation. Stress on a supposedly stressless trip. Think real hard on the tow vehicle cause once you got it and you get problems towing heavy, getting ford to recreate the problem on a dealership test drive is not going to happen guaranteed. I've been there toooo many times with too many different ford trucks. I'm hoping this new Ranch King makes me happy like my 96
Good Luck
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I've had Powerstrokes since 1994
94 F-250 XLT Lariot 4wd Lemon buy back 17k equity
96 F-250 XLT 4wd 5 years traded 18k equity
01 F-350 XLT Lariot 4wd Sold 15 k equity
02 F-450 XLT Roll-a-long 2wd 17 k equity
06 F-350 King Ranch 4wd hoping for 22k in 4yrs
Gas Trucks
1990 F150 sold 8k equity
2004 ranger extra cab wife drives
Hot Chrome and Leather
05 FLHRI
I pull a 15k# 35' Avion, and a Kubota L48 Tractor/loader/Backhoe.
Geez the truck is new and now I need to figure if I need any new aftermarket stuff, hope not. I'm going to sell my 5th wheel and get toy hauler to pull my Road King around.
Ford Service has a problem when it comes to diagnosing Tow problems, because they have no testing procedures to diagnose tow problems. Caveat Emptor.
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