JIMNLIN
Big Cabin, OK
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the 5er you mention according to your numbers has a 12220 GVWR with a 2060 pin weight. Pulling the trailers weight with the V10 should be no problem. Carring the load is gonna' be the rear axle and tires job. Most 2500 truck have a 6000+ RAWR which is on your drivers side door. Weigh your truck front and rear for your actual weights. Most 2500 trucks empty rear weight is around 2800 lbs which leaves around 3200 for a payload. Figure a pin weight from that number. This is figuering payloads per axle loading which Ford gives their blessing. Some, as you notice, use just the trucks GVWR which will be quite a bit under axle loads. Your gonna' be at max capacity on that truck and many aren't comfortable with max loads. your call
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'03 2500 Dodge/Cummins HO 3.73 6 speed manual Jacobs
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K3WE
Missouri
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After RVing for five years, I finally understood the 80% of max rule.
If you are going to max out your TV, it's going to make the TV work near the edge of it's capability and your comfort. You may find yourself going down the road in a lower gear with the engine spinning a bit fast.
If your rig only takes 80% of your maximum capacity, doing stuff like hills, highway speeds, and cruising in high gear, and your driving comfort is a lot easier.
However, this does not help the person who claims to NOT tow 95% of the time and wishes to realize a little better fuel economy THEN.
I can't fault that person for getting a TV that will be maxed out and then drive it in a lower gear, a little less comfort, and hopefully a little slower- since stopping is the MOST important!
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mkirsch
Rochester, NY
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donn0128 wrote:Typically is when it comes to a 3/4 ton truck.
You will get lots of posters telling you it is safe to two at some number or another. from practical experience if you tow over the trucks GVWR it will require a lot of changes to do so safely and the end results will not be very satisfying.
There's a difference between safely and comfortably. I will agree that towing at or below GVWR will generally result in a comfortable tow, but you are far from being unsafe if your vehicle is well maintained, and you decide to venture into that gray area between GVWR and GAWR, which generally gives you an extra 1000 to 1500lbs of additional carrying "capacity."
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Blaster Man
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mkirsch wrote:donn0128 wrote:Typically is when it comes to a 3/4 ton truck.
You will get lots of posters telling you it is safe to two at some number or another. from practical experience if you tow over the trucks GVWR it will require a lot of changes to do so safely and the end results will not be very satisfying.
There's a difference between safely and comfortably. I will agree that towing at or below GVWR will generally result in a comfortable tow, but you are far from being unsafe if your vehicle is well maintained, and you decide to venture into that gray area between GVWR and GAWR, which generally gives you an extra 1000 to 1500lbs of additional carrying "capacity."
Unless you are a mechanical engineer, working for one of the big three, you cannot say it is "far from being unsafe," that's your opinion.
Further translation...the 'gray' area puts you 1000 to 1500 over the GVWR as determined by the manufacturer.
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