Re: hauling question - tractor

Posted by Dave-O on March 17, 2004 at 21:19:24 from (68.42.147.52):

In Reply to: hauling question - tractor posted by mud on March 16, 2004 at 08:36:20:

The general rule of thumb for a ball trailer, as I was told, was 25% of the weight should be on the tongue.

A bit of research on pintle hitches (pintal is a misspelling, do a google.com search), seems to yield that a 10k weight should throw 2k of tongue weight.

You have 2 issues: tongue weight and overall.

If your truck is rated at 10k overall towing cap that means 10k of truck and trailer. A trailer that WEIGHS 2k and can hold 10k of weight has and overall of 12k.

That means you are screwed according to the basics. 2k overweight and you will be pushing your truck to the very limit. That's 20% more than what your truck is rated at.

Granted, Ford and every other manufacturer underrates their vehicles. Little known fact: the only difference between a F250 and an F350 is the sticker. Seriously. I was a contractor at Ford for the engineering teams that made the stickers until January. So, you could probably push it and be ok. The major issues will be your tranny and axles. I'd worry more about the tranny.

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