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Picked up the trailer this evening and the 250 handled it fine. Headed to a campground 50 miles away in Morgan City tomorrow morning for a shakedown cruise. Son in law said the trailer felt lighter then their boat. A little squat in the rear but hopefully airbags can fix that.
Here's a payload sticker on one of my F350s. I'm partial to the 350 SRW over the F250 because it doesn't squat as soon. Order it with both the camper and snow plow prep and enjoy everything but the stiff ride when empty.
There's not much difference between the F250 & F350 in the SRW trim. Really it's just those overload springs that net you the additional 1k lbs payload. You can achieve the same with air-bags on an F250 and theoretically be identical to an equivalent F350.
I also read somewhere the rear axle shafts might be a little different too with the F350 being larger/more splines. But honestly, how many are snapping axle shafts as being their limiting factor with towing!?
Thats the tire chart. Of course it's important not to exceed the weight rating of the tires but the rear axle is where that combination is going to be WAY over, like 1000 lbs or so. You may "get away" with pulling it with a 250, or you may suffer a mechanical failure resulting in tragedy. It amazes me what people can talk themselves into, often with the help of a hungry salesperson. To directly answer your original questions; Yes it is too heavy and No the 250 cannot handle it safely. If you are interested in having any payload and/or safety margin, a 350 DRW is going to be the answer.
Thats the tire chart. Of course it's important not to exceed the weight rating of the tires but the rear axle is where that combination is going to be WAY over, like 1000 lbs or so. You may "get away" with pulling it with a 250, or you may suffer a mechanical failure resulting in tragedy. It amazes me what people can talk themselves into, often with the help of a hungry salesperson. To directly answer your original questions; Yes it is too heavy and No the 250 cannot handle it safely. If you are interested in having any payload and/or safety margin, a 350 DRW is going to be the answer.
It's more than the tire chart if you are referring to my previous picture. That is the vehicle payload info in the middle of the label which reflects GVWR minus "as built weight". It's just Ford's way of publishing that info without making a big thing of it.
I missed the max. cargo/passenger wt. info however my biggest concern is still the rear axle weight and with 3000 on the pin he's likely to be over by nearly 1000 lbs. My trailer has a typically loaded pin wt. of 2750 and with a pair of gas cans and a cooler full of drinks I'm right at my 7000lb. axle limit with an 11 F-350 SRW / 11500 GVWR package.
BS a "little squat" that truck is deep into the overloads.
The front tires were on an incline so its throwing more weight to the rear. I think the rear axle on the 250 is rated at 6K pounds as opposed the the 350's 7K plus the extra springs help too. I think the 350 or even the 450 dually may be in the future.
Wow...forgot about this thread I posted almost 6 yrs ago. Ended up getting a '17 F350 dually to pull the 371 Fuzion. A year later wife decides she wanted a Grand Design 377 MBS for more living area when we take the grandsons. Also had the Caribou trim applied to the lower part of the truck to match the camper. Camper loaded weight is close to 17K pounds and the truck handles it safely...so much better than using a F250.
Keystone Fuzion 371...shipping wt.13,140...carrying capacity 3,360...hitch weight 3,030...length 38'-11". Trying to see if a 2012 F-250 4x4 with the 6.7 PS can handle it safely. Yes, minimum F350 Dually. F450 would be better.
Yes, minimum F350 Dually and F450 would be even better.
See you upgraded trucks and then trailer. It's really the right thing to have done (Even the new trailer. Happy wife, happy life).
Should have had the trim continued to the front of the left side of the trailer when you had the truck trimmed out. I don't understand why they do **** like that, I see a lot of trailers with trim or graphic missing around small hatches, and sometimes the doors. Just looking at those two trailers, there's a lot of inconsistency.
11-07-2014, 11:00 PM
