radio flyer
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I have a F250, XLT, V10, 410, Camper Package. I will be towing a 2007
34FT 307RKD. This is a short bed and will be installing a pullrite
superglide this week. Will this truck need ride-rite air bags? Thanks
for any information.
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donn0128
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No, in reality you will likely need more truck. Air bags do nothing to increase the manufacturers GVWR all air bags will do it attempt to level the truck out when it is loaded heavy.
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Polishnurse
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You'll have plenty of truck, unless that 34' trailer weighs more then 24,000. Good luck and happy camping. Bill
As Per Ford: When properly equipped, it can pull an astounding 24,500 lbs!
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donn0128
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Polishnurse wrote:You'll have plenty of truck, unless that 34' trailer weighs more then 24,000. Good luck and happy camping. Bill
As Per Ford: When properly equipped, it can pull an astounding 24,500 lbs!
The optimum word there is PULL! It does not say that you can load 4900 pounds into the bed of that truck.
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Traveler II
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We have automatic air bags on our truck, and I find sometime it makes it hard to hook up. If the front of the truck is down compared to the back the air system is fighting us.
Jim & Jane
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Trail Air Pin Box, Air Suspension, Smartair Air Spring Self Leveling, Reese Signature Series 18K hitch
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up2nogood
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Traveler II wrote:We have automatic air bags on our truck, and I find sometime it makes it hard to hook up. If the front of the truck is down compared to the back the air system is fighting us.
The best thing I ever did was add airbags, but I do have control of them. I hitch up the 5ver push the compressor switch add the amount of air I want, and I am ready to go. They are certainly not a problem when hooking up, if they were I would be changing something.
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Anson
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i had a 2003 F250 V-10 with the air ride system on it, i felt very comfortable towing, and also our pin weight empty on the camper was 2300 Lbs it rode and handled great.
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snownyet
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I tow the same trailer with a 2006 Chevy 2500HD Duramax crew cab. Unless I'm loading the truck heavy with extra gear and people I have no need for airbags, It tows and rides pretty nice. I did recently add firestone airbags for those trips when Ive got a truck full of people and a big aux tank of water in the box. I suggest you try it first without and see how it suits you, its my experience that F250 fords are spring stiffer than 2500HD chevys so Im betting it'll be just fine, the pin weight is reasonable. I also have a slider hitch and have never used the slide feature with this trailer.
2007 Montana Mountaineer 307RKD
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up2nogood
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donn0128 wrote:Polishnurse wrote:You'll have plenty of truck, unless that 34' trailer weighs more then 24,000. Good luck and happy camping. Bill
As Per Ford: When properly equipped, it can pull an astounding 24,500 lbs!
The optimum word there is PULL! It does not say that you can load 4900 pounds into the bed of that truck.
Is this number a fact( 4900 ) or a guess, maybe you could elaborate for the OP where you came up with that number it might be helpful
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donn0128
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up2nogood wrote:donn0128 wrote:Polishnurse wrote:You'll have plenty of truck, unless that 34' trailer weighs more then 24,000. Good luck and happy camping. Bill
As Per Ford: When properly equipped, it can pull an astounding 24,500 lbs!
The optimum word there is PULL! It does not say that you can load 4900 pounds into the bed of that truck.
Is this number a fact( 4900 ) or a guess, maybe you could elaborate for the OP where you came up with that number it might be helpful
OK, I can do that. Generally speaking, when hitching up a fifth wheel to any truck the pin weight will be approximately 20% of the trailers GVWR. So for the example above IF you were to hitch up a 24,500 pound GVWR fifth wheel trailer to your Ford or any truck for that matter it's approx pin weight would be 4,900 pounds. It might be a few pounds more or less, but without the benefit of an actual weight ticket from a certified scales it will be close enough for our discussion here. The 20% number is not some pie in the sky figure that was pulled out of the hat. It is a generally accepted number across the forums here. Just like saying that on a TT it's tongue weight is generally speaking 12-15% of the GVWR. More or less can adversely effect your ride and handling.
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