donn0128 wrote: look at one of the used chevrolet 2500 pickups. I would guess since this is a light duty version it might have been available with the 5.3L.
According to my research and my local Chevy garage in late 1999 the 5.3L replaced the 350, 5.7L, with the same HP but lacked in torque. For that reason you cannot get a 3/4 GM with a 5.3L. The only way possible to find one would be if maybe someone ordered one custom from GM when new. I have yet to find one. If anyone does, please let me know!
Tommy Jenkins
2007 Sunny Brook, Sunset Creek 255RK
2004 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD, 4WD, 6.0L V8
The Expedition should have enough power to tow your trailer.
The best thing to do is go to the dealerships and get a towing guide for the new vehicles. You will get an idea of the towing capacity for all the models.
The new 3 valve engine in the F-150 and F-250's have a 300 HP rating, and should provide enough power to pull your trailer.
You would still need to check the hitch weight rating. Typical hitch has a rating like 5,000 GTW 500 hitch weight and 10,000 GTW 1,200 pounds hitch weight with WD bars. Yes I have seen a hitch that has a 10,000/1,000 deadweight rating with 16,000/1,600 WD rating. I think it was for a F-250/F-350 truck.
If you have an electric jack, then the WD bars are super easy to install, even without a bar. After connecting to the ball mount, and locking it into place, raise the jack about 6" and then the bars will install with very little pressure.
Fred.
Money can't buy happiness but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Porsche or Country Coach!
I am now using my 4th - 5.4L ford - in a 1/2 t pick up, they are a
little work horse. I am pulling a 24' TT now amd have no gripes. Yes I had a checy 4x4, with their 5.3 and it will not do the job like the 5.4L, and a tow package, the 5.4 will also handle a 28' TT with no strain.
My TT's claimed dry weight is over 2000 lbs less than yours and we were very hesitant to get a 1/2 ton. But, the deal we got at the time was nearly $15,000 less than the best deal we could get on a 3/4 ton diesel. And with no real plans of getting a bigger TT any time soon, we went with the 1/2 ton.
But, if our TT weighed nearly 6000 lbs dry there is no way I'd have gotten a 1/2 ton. And the price difference between a 3/4 and 1 ton is so nominal that I'd probably have just gotten a 1 ton. Bottom line: 3/4 ton or higher.
68 Me & DW
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03 DD
06 F150 Screw 6.5' Bed, 4x4, 5.4, 3.73
04 Tahoe 23RB-GL Honda EU2000 Parallel Cables "I hope you like Guinness, Sir. I find it a refreshing substitute for...food." Col. Jack O'Neill, Stargate SG-1.
Regardless of what you get, make sure it israted to tow enough for you. We have friends that bought a F-250 and were told by the used car salesman it could tow 12,000#. After several RV dealers, one checked it out and found it is only rated to pull 7,200#. And he has found out it does not like pulling near the limit as he pulled another persons TT and was all over the road. Same with the Expeditions, I know the Eddie Baur package with the 17" wheels used to pull ht e tow rating down alot. So do your homework and you will be better off in the long run.
2005 Ford F-250 PSD CC 4x4
2006 Forest River Wildcat 29BHBP
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