F350 5th wheel towing

PapaRaptor said:
Is your Tremor taller than your last truck ( 5 th wheel) ? I am concerned because my Tremor is taller and the bed seems deeper than my old Silverado. I think my 5th wheel camper my be less than level going down the road!
Curt recommends 5 1/2" of clearance between the top of bed ( bed rails ) and RV. I think it will raise it considerably .

I did notice the rear of the camper is higher so I don't think it would ever drag or hit the pavement but will the new higher level at the front change the towing?
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Not sure, new truck new camper =). Never had a fifth wheel. We hooked it up and brought it to my house with my brother's truck a 2019 Ford f250 platinum. I am planning on taking it to a site on Wednesday, but height-wise I would say its comparable to my brother's truck and anticipate no issues. Ill keep the thread posted.
 
5 th wheel is all set up. Long story short my 3500HD Chevy was lower to the ground by a lot. It was 4x4.
I raised the RV up as far as it could go and was 2" short for the Tremor. I let the air out of the rear tires. My apple watch immediately told me my tires were low. Backed under it . hooked up, re-inflated the tires. Got it all set. I was able to drop the pins in the legs so its very easy to move again. All good

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I did a short tow with the Tremor a couple days ago and it works fine. I had MORryde add their IS suspension and disc brakes to my new 5th wheel before it was shipped to me. I had them raise the 5th wheel 2" because of the extra height of the Tremor. I dropped my hitch height 1". After those changes, I measured the height of the 5th wheel at 13' 5.5". Sits pretty level. The truck dropped 2" when I attached the 5th wheel.

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bertschb said:
I did a short tow with the Tremor a couple days ago and it works fine. I had MORryde add their IS suspension and disc brakes to my new 5th wheel before it was shipped to me. I had them raise the 5th wheel 2" because of the extra height of the Tremor. I dropped my hitch height 1". After those changes, I measured the height of the 5th wheel at 13' 5.5". Sits pretty level. The truck dropped 2" when I attached the 5th wheel.

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That thing is huge. My trailer is called the Wolf Pup. Read between the lines on that one.
 
bertschb said:
It's 8' shorter than our last one!
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Looks real good and colors match unlike mine with the blue truck and grey RV. It does squat a bit more than mine
What do you think your pin weight is? I think mine is about 2,100.
 
bertschb said:
I did a short tow with the Tremor a couple days ago and it works fine. I had MORryde add their IS suspension and disc brakes to my new 5th wheel before it was shipped to me. I had them raise the 5th wheel 2" because of the extra height of the Tremor. I dropped my hitch height 1". After those changes, I measured the height of the 5th wheel at 13' 5.5". Sits pretty level. The truck dropped 2" when I attached the 5th wheel.

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forgot to ask is that a 350???
 
For those of you with these beautiful 5th wheels, what your max weight and length.
Also are you pulling with gas or diesel?

I'm still looking at differeny models and I don't want to be pushing the limits on my F350 7.3
 
MPark said:
For those of you with these beautiful 5th wheels, what your max weight and length. Also are you pulling with gas or diesel?
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I tow heavy loads with diesel trucks. Gas engines work too, they just go slower up hills.

When towing 5th wheels, length doesn't matter as far as the tow vehicle is concerned. It's all about pin weight. My personal limit for towing with an F-350 SRW truck is a 5th wheel with a GVWR of around 15,000lbs because that translates to a pin weight of 3,000-3,300lbs. When you add the hitch, cargo, extra passengers, etc you will be near the payload limit of an SRW F-350 diesel.

All other things being equal, the 7.3 gas truck will have a higher payload rating than a diesel so you could go up to a 16,000-17,000lb GVWR for the RV without exceeding the payload rating of the truck. Just rough numbers here. There are many variables depending on how the RV and truck are loaded.

Having said this, a LOT of people tow 20,000+lb toy haulers with F-250's.

Length of the 5th wheel only comes into play when your 5th wheel is too long for national and state park RV sites. Anything over about 35' is generally considered too long. You will have no problem with long 5th wheels in most private RV parks.
 
MPark said:
For those of you with these beautiful 5th wheels, what your max weight and length.
Also are you pulling with gas or diesel?

I'm still looking at differeny models and I don't want to be pushing the limits on my F350 7.3
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6.7 for me, I won't pull with gas any more. The mileage sucks, no power and feels like I am running the engine too hard. I don't like to have to fill up at an unknown gas station with my trailer, ( diesel range is greater and it does not go down that much with a trailer unlike a gas engine that cuts MPG in half with a large heavy trailer). The modern diesel trucks are powerful and quiet, they just get the work done. I have the 350 but I probably could have gone 250
not much savings on the initial purchase but the plate fees are considerably higher annually.
 
hddon said:
Everyone talks about the up front purchase, no one talks about how it has a greater value when selling
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I have run diesel trucks since 1994, I had a few gas trucks in there, however I have always enjoyed an awesome resale with the diesel trucks. They hold value. You can run them into the ground and have a ton of miles and still get paid on them. Gas trucks are good but once they hit a certain milage they lose value. The mileage keeps getting higher though. So if you are on the 5 year plan or less on trucks gas will do you fine.
 
Just towed our 12k lb 5th wheel with my f250 Tremor. Came from a Duramax so I had to lift the trailer 4" for 6" of bed rail clearance and perfectly level. I tow using the Anderson Ultimate Hitch that installs over the gooseneck ball. I've tried everything over the years and I like the Anderson hitch the most.

2nd day owning the truck I installed the b&w turnover ball and spray lined the bed and fender wells.
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Dude I am looking to buy a Grand Design 5th Wheel....Which one do you have and What Hitch are you using??
mane3215 said:
Forgot to get a picture hooked up lol. Didn't pay attention to drop or spacing, but towed great. I'll get a pic on level ground when I pull this boy out of here.

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