I am sure any of the new half tons would have no trouble with a 10,000 lb trailer. I would never buy a 3/4 ton because they are virtually identical to a 1 ton SRW but yet have a GVWR that limits their payload to be very dimilar to that of the 1/2 tons. So either choose a 1 ton SRW or a 1/2 ton.
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LimogesMan wrote: I just want to say that a lot of us are towing fifth wheels with a half ton truck. My fiver is 26' and has a GVWR of 7880 lbs. 5800 lbs unloaded and a listed pin weight of 880 lbs. (1100 actual).
I have an old 2002 F150 so if you go with the latest and greatest F-150 HD with a high payload, stability and power, I think you have a nice choice of fifth wheels to go along with it.
Oh, and I have the 5.5' box
4x4 ord wrote:
I am sure any of the new half tons would have no trouble with a 10,000 lb trailer. I would never buy a 3/4 ton because they are virtually identical to a 1 ton SRW but yet have a GVWR that limits their payload to be very dimilar to that of the 1/2 tons. So either choose a 1 ton SRW or a 1/2 ton.
Guys,
Yes, it CAN be done, with extreme care and a very careful choice the 1/2 ton truck and a light fiver, BUT the OP is looking at two trucks - one with 2080# payload and one with 3800# payload.
It's no contest as far as pulling a TYPICAL 10,000# fiver is concerned.
Keith J.
1999 Sunnybrook 27RKFS Fiver.
2005 GMC Sierra 2500HD CC/SB/DA 2WD, LBZ air cleaner, 52 gal Titan tank, Bilsteins, Line-X, Westin steps, Prodigy, Retrax cover, 16K Superglide, 5th-Airborne pin-box, Multi-vex mirrors, TST TPMS.
4x4ord wrote: I am sure any of the new half tons would have no trouble with a 10,000 lb trailer. I would never buy a 3/4 ton because they are virtually identical to a 1 ton SRW but yet have a GVWR that limits their payload to be very dimilar to that of the 1/2 tons. So either choose a 1 ton SRW or a 1/2 ton.
I think I agree with your one point, which if I read you correctly, is that you might as well jump up to the 1 ton, which is nearly the same truck at nearly the same price as a 3/4. But I don't agree on the half ton pulling 10k fiver.
Which would you rather have - a half ton with a rear axle that I believe barely handles the rating, or a 3/4 ton truck that has the same axle as a 1 ton and has gross capacity over the rating? IMO that rear axle is critical for fiver towing.
machunt wrote: remeber you must be able to STOP that beast
Even *I*, he-who-owns-a-dually, says:
"THAT IS WHAT TRAILER BRAKES ARE FOR."
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machunt wrote: remeber you must be able to STOP that beast
Even *I*, he-who-owns-a-dually, says:
"THAT IS WHAT TRAILER BRAKES ARE FOR."
HAHAHA! Unless you make a sharp turn and the plug gets caught and you rip the 7 pin wire out of the pin box without realizing you did! True story thank god I noticed before hitting the highway! No trailer brakes suck! Get the bigger truck!
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