JX2Fields
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What about a toyhauler, put the boat in the garage you don't have to worry about length and your wife has a home.
Just another idea.
Just another idea.
Hanr3 said:Do you happen to remember the models of those 5ers you saw at the RV show?
For towing doubles with a 5th wheel trailer the length your needing is from the center of the pin to the center of a ball in a receiver hitch on the back of the 5th wheel trailer . If the 5th wheel trailer doesn't have a receiver hitch you will need to do some R&R as to where the ball will be located.For clarification. I need a 5th wheel that is 25' tip to tail, not 25' deck. Most RV manufactures classify their rigs length of main deck, a 23' 5th wheel is actually closer to 27' tip to tail. This is too long.
longhaul said:For towing doubles with a 5th wheel trailer the length your needing is from the center of the pin to the center of a ball in a receiver hitch on the back of the 5th wheel trailer . If the 5th wheel trailer doesn't have a receiver hitch you will need to do some R&R as to where the ball will be located.
Of course the trucks length will be from the front bumper to the center of the trucks rear axle.
My double tow rig was with a long bed chevy....26' 7800 gvw 5th wheel trailer....a 19' bass boat/trailer at a bit over 25' from the center of the hitch ball to the 175hp outboard motor's skeg .
Just ramblin' here....... Ford markets the F150 with 19 different GVWRs from 6000 on up to 8200 lbs
and 5 different RAWR from 3300 up to 4800 lbs.
Depending on which F150 gvwr/rawr package your truck has it may or may not have enough rawr to carry the trailer pin weight plus a hitch and other gear in the bed.
Payloads ??
This gets lots of rv newbs in trouble especially with a new gen high gvwr truck . Example one poster says his F150 had a 1780 lb payload and a 3800 rawr. His trucks rear axle weighed 2380 lbs which left his truck with approx 1420 lbs in the bed payload.
Agree, however, in this case the OP revived his own thread so he' still on the hunt!lone_star_dsl said:Two of my favorites things to do are to see every double tow thread turn into a legalities information session and also seeing people reply to posts that are over two years old.
Hanr3 said:Not like I plan to triple tow through the mountains. I plan on mostly sticking to local weekends trips and a week long trip or two a year for the next decade until retirement. We will see where it goes from there. Although I grew up in the mountains, so driving and towing through them doesn't bother me a bit.
Derby6 said:Unlike the never ending stories of folks that have never towed anything before; buying a medium duty SUV; planning to full time all over the county (mountains and wind) towing their new 32' TT with all the fixens loaded in it....LOL :-\