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Originally Posted by mtofell
The first piece of info we'll need is your door sticker that shows payload info. Also, we'll need to know your gear ratio and max tow rating. Keep in mind there are two parts to towing: carrying the weight (payload = pin weight of 5th wheel onto the truck + all the people and gear in the truck) and pulling the weight (this is where the gear ratio and max tow rating come into play).
Just guessing I'd say you would be good up to about an 8500# dry weight 5th wheel. This is making a lot of assumptions, though.
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Hey, a brother to the south, thanks!
I copied this from the Ford site/brochure:
5TH-WHEEL TOWING — MAXIMUM LOADED TRAILER WEIGHT RATINGS (LBS.)
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION REGULAR CAB SUPERCAB CREW CAB
F-250 F-350 F-350 F-250 F-350 F-350 F-250 F-350 F-350 F-250 F-350 F-350 F-250 F-350 F-350 F-250 F-350 F-350 F-450
AXLE GCWR SRW SRW DRW SRW SRW DRW SRW SRW DRW SRW SRW DRW SRW SRW DRW SRW SRW DRW DRW
ENGINE RATIO (LBS.) 4x2 4x2 4x2 4x4 4x4 4x4 4x2 4x2 4x2 4x4 4x4 4x4 4x2 4x2 4x2 4x4 4x4 4x4 4x4
6.2L 2-valve 3.73 19,000 12,700 12,600 — 12,200 12,100 — 12,400 12,300 — 11,900 11,900 — 12,100 12,100 — 11,700 11,700 — —
FFV 19,500 — — 12,700 — — 12,200 — — 12,300 — — 11,800 — — 12,000 — — 11,600 —
4.30 22,000 15,700 15,600 — 15,200 15,100 — 15,400 15,300 — 14,900
and this:
MAXIMUM PAYLOAD WEIGHT RATINGS (LBS.)
REGULAR CAB SUPERCAB CREW CAB
MAX.
GVWR 137.0" 141.1" 158.0" 156.2" 172.4"
(LBS.) WB WB WB WB WB
F-250
SRW 4x2 9,800 4,080 — — — —
9,900 — 3,790 — — —
10,000 3,560 3,220 3,800 3,660 3,550
F-250
SRW 4x4 10,000 3,760 3,460 3,350 3,250 3,140
F-350
SRW 4x2 10,500 4,600 4,270 — — —
10,700 — — — 4,260 —
10,900 — — 4,590 — —
11,000 4,450 4,110 — — 4,430
11,400 — — — 4,350 —
11,500 — — 4,470 — 4,260
F-350
SRW 4x4 11,000 — — 4,230 — —
11,100 4,670 4,430 — — —
11,200 — — — — 4,220
11,300 — — — 4,420 —
11,500 4,500 4,180 4,040 3,990 3,770
F-350
DRW 4x2 13,300 7,070 — 6,640 — 6,400
F-350
DRW 4x4 13,300 6,580 — 6,190 — 5,970
F-450
DRW 4x4 13,300 — — — — 5,200
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