smokeywren

You'll probably have to crawl under the back of the truck and look up at the receiver near where it bolts to the frame of the truck. There should be a sticker there that has hitch weights. If not a sticker, then maybe an embossed area or indented area with the weight ratings. It will say something like:

500/5000 WC
1000/10,000 WD

WC means with an ordinary weight-carrying drawbar. WD means with a weight-distributing hitch. The first number is max tongue weight. The second number is max trailer weight. But ignore that second number because it assumes a hitch weight of only 10% of trailer weight, and most tandem-axle trailers will have about 12.5% to 15% tongue weight, and some (including mine) have more than 15%.

uzikaduzi

Unfortunately smokeywren is right on this one (not unfortunate that it's smokeywren that is right but unfortunate because all the other numbers are good and it would definitely be a better daily driver)... even though payload and tow capacity will be fine, good luck finding a class V hitch for it... even though you "could" move the car back to get less tongue weight, are you really gonna make sure the trailer is on level ground and measure the tongue weight every time you hook up? I know I wouldn't... maybe you could have a hitch custom made?

KR Kodi

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Get down on the ground underneath the rear bumper and look up - you should see a sticker something like this with the hitch limits:




I just have the regular tow package, but I believe the max tow pkg may have a 11500/1150 limit for a WDH.

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kyleb1115

i tow a 2 car open trailer. 2 cars about 2800-3200 each and the trailer is roughly 4000. plus 5 people, a truck bed full of stuff (wheels, tires, coolers, ramps, blocks, lots of heavy stuff) plus enough stuff for 5 people for a couple days. towed this a good 1500 miles, WITHOUT a weight distributing hitch, just a standard WD hitch without the bars or anything, WHY? because not necessicary. i have a 2013 f150 ecoboost with the max tow and 3.73. I do have rear airbags but part of these tows were without (i towed a good 500 miles/4-5 hour trips, etc) and it squatted but not bad. i also have a tuner and even raced some civics while towing (and won)

may be extreme, but these trucks tow fine. eaisly on par with a 2500.

FYI this trailer is a old converted heavy equiptment hauler. those are 8k axles each

these pictures are before the airbags. this was on my way from upstate NY to philly for a car show..

uzikaduzi

ford seems to disagree with you. it's your truck, and you can do what you please with it, but this is not good advice.

ecobeest

Completely agree, you should have a WDH setup. I know you said you now have airbags, but this picture is all we have to go on. You are pointed WAY sky high. You seem to be happy with your combo and that is great, but this is NOT an appropriate setup to be hauling with.

A7B2FX4

Quote: "FYI this trailer is a old converted heavy equiptment hauler. those are 8k axles each"
Must be tough getting 4000 rated rims in a 6 lug.

sportster07

My rule of thumb is if you have to ask, you probably need a bigger truck. Better too much truck then not enough like that guy with the platinum above.

9500 pounds is a lot. Too much for a half ton, towing package or not. Stick with the F250. Ford may tell you it'll do it but towing the maximum still puts a ton of stress and extra wear on your truck plus you already own (and I'm assuming paid off, or near paid off) your F250. Might as well just keep it. The mileage on your 6.0 shouldn't be far off (if off at all) what people are actually getting with ecoboosts and towing, your mileage should be far better then the gassers.

good hands

Keeping the 6.0 diesel is not an option. Biggest POS they have ever produced. I did drive a new F250 yesterday and although much quieter and nicer it's just too damn big and stiff as a daily driver and my wife hated driving it.


I am taking my loaded trailer to a dealer today for a test tow. We'll see how that goes.

kyleb1115

I do not disagree with you guys. absolutely love my truck. It tows that trailer beautiful for what it is, and i currently am leveled with 35 inch trail grapplers and i STILL have no problem. my buddy has a 2010 powerstroke 2500. does it tow better? yes how much better? not much. really it gets better mpg towing, that's about it (because i run a premium 93 octane towing tune, if i run the regular 87 it works out cheaper for me). his truck also squats about the same with the same setup and our trucks weigh about the same, plus his does not have the trailer sway control like mine. never had it kick on with this trailer but it did with an empty single car enclosed on a windy bridge.

I am not here to advertise unsafe towing, I am aware. it is a trailer we use to tow our cars. We bought it used and we only have to go by what we are told. it is a huge trailer and the axles are huge, cant tell you specifics just what we were told. Put it this way, the trailer is registered as 1500 lbs, so take it for what it is worth. we have taken it to the scale.

now to go explain why no WDH, because the previous owner cut them off. they have to be welded on and the company owner is too lazy to re-weld them back on. we have the hitch and the bars, but no mounting points on the trailer. they wont bolt on as the frame is far too large.

I am just here to explain how well these trucks tow. if you are worried about picking up speed, please its still faster than a prius. if you are worried about braking, well i found out after i got back that somehow or someone cut the wire to the left side brakes, so i only had 2 brakes on this trailer instead of 4 (center axles don't have brakes for some reason) and it stopped alright (not great).. with the 4 brakes, stops good. handling? its fine. don't be an idiot, i have no problems with 80mph constant with this setup. drives like a dream. i have also learned to load the trailer better and unload heavy cargo from the bed of the truck and put it between the cars over the axles on the trailer. took about 200lbs out of the bed and the truck raised like 1-2 inches.

my point is, can you tow it, yes you can (if you have the max tow setup like me)

do i recommend it if you tow everyday? no

I have towed 3500 miles out of 26000 miles of ownership. (haven't owned the truck for a year) and never had a problem.

and lastly, that picture is without airbags. i would recommend airbags on every truck WDH or not, because it actually helped me ALOT. take it for what it is worth. these are good trucks and they are as capable as older diesels eaisly, plus they are ALOT more comfortable and better for daily driving.