Posted 2010-07-19 10:19 AM (#122539) Subject: Towing capacity
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Location: florida
I want get a living quarters trailer. How much trailer can a 2008 diesel f250 safely haul?? I get soo many different answers! I was lookig at a 3 horse 15 foot living quarters gvwr 17,500. Thanks
Posted 2010-07-19 11:57 AM (#122547 - in reply to #122543) Subject: RE: Towing capacity
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Originally written by 1peanut on 2010-07-19 11:43 AM
Hi...250 diesel crew cab
That's all that you can tell us? It's a 250, diesel crew, cab.... Any more info...??
You load that LQ trailer and it will mash that F-250 like a bug..... LQ trailers tend to be a bit heavy on the hitch, with it's holding tanks, furniture, etc... You can pull it, but you would neeed to be careful of how you load it.
You GCVWR is around 23500#... That's the weight of the truck and fully loaded trailer. Your truck probably weighs around 8000# empty, so subtract that from the 23500# and that will give you an estimate of what your fully loaded trailer can weigh which is around 15500#...
A F-350 dually would really be better suited to handle this trailer with it's 17500# GVW capacity.. Olny way to really know would be load everything up and weigh it at a truck stop....
Posted 2010-07-19 8:07 PM (#122576 - in reply to #122539) Subject: RE: Towing capacity
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Posts: 379 Location: Missouri
I had a 98 4Star 3 horse with 10' LQ, pulled it with a 2000 F350 extended cab diesel six speed with 4.10 rear end. Fully loaded this trailer put 2300 lbs of tongue weight on the truck, that put the truck with in 1000 lbs of it's GVW. I can't imagine an F250 handling a 15' LQ. I now own a 3 horse 17' LQ Trail Rider trailer, it's putting 5500 lbs tongue weight, yes I upgraded the truck, now a GMC C4500 Topkick.
Posted 2010-07-20 6:07 AM (#122588 - in reply to #122539) Subject: RE: Towing capacity
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Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL
That's a lot of trailer and tongue weight for an F250. I have a 1995 Sundowner 4H with a 12' LQ. Completely empty it weighs 12,100 pounds. Theoretically, with all my gear and four large horses (I have drafts and warmbloods) I can get that load around 18,000 easily! We were pulling it with a 1998 Ram 3500 dually and brought the trailer back from Texas to Florida with no problems, but it was empty. We named the trailer "Mega Sled" because it is truly a lead sled! On the interstate coming up towards Houston the concrete has a "wave" that was basically forward rocking the trailer and it was not a good ride. We immediately looked for air suspension for the truck and the trailer when we got home.Never got the suspension kits. We ended up selling the one-ton and found a crazy good deal on a mint '99 F550 with a Western Hauler bed. Now the truck dominates the trailer and it's such a better and safer ride! I never realized the differences between a truck that's adequate for the job and one that's built for the job would be such a huge difference! And I was thinking I was gonna pull the Sled with my truck, which is the same as the previous owner's, but mine is a diesel.... '96 Ram 2500 single cab long bed (single rear wheel but one-ton frame) NOT! :) Just because he did it and didn't smash his truck flat or tear out the rear end, I'm not gonna try it! I am 100% a Dodge girl, but I must admit this F550 is pretty sweet! Now I know why people with way more towing experience than me kept telling me to get the biggest tow vehicle I could afford and maintain. Too small of a truck is definitely not the way to go! And don't get me started on huge BPs pulled by squatting wheelie popping SUVs and half-ton trucks with four pin lighting harnesses and NO trailer brakes!
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