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<blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 1929666" data-attributes="member: 7900"><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Actually, the medium duty trucks start at the Ford F450. Well, at least that is how they list them on Wikipedia and the RV forums.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">To put something into perspective, some are forgetting what the OP wants to do with his truck. He has a 40' fifth wheel weighing 18,000 lbs. So, nothing less than a F350/3500 series truck will handle that size of trailer. When getting into a GVWR of a trailer of that weight, even the F350/3500 series trucks is iffy. Largely because when considering the gross weights of both the truck and trailer combined (GCVW), many trucks just won't handle it. Never go by what a dealer says is the "towing weight" of a truck. I've seen trucks go over their GCVW by trying to tow a trailer in the upper range of the "towing weight."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Now, if one wishes to have a rig where the load really overloads the truck when stopping, pray that one never has to do a panic stop.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryMiller, post: 1929666, member: 7900"] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]Actually, the medium duty trucks start at the Ford F450. Well, at least that is how they list them on Wikipedia and the RV forums. To put something into perspective, some are forgetting what the OP wants to do with his truck. He has a 40' fifth wheel weighing 18,000 lbs. So, nothing less than a F350/3500 series truck will handle that size of trailer. When getting into a GVWR of a trailer of that weight, even the F350/3500 series trucks is iffy. Largely because when considering the gross weights of both the truck and trailer combined (GCVW), many trucks just won't handle it. Never go by what a dealer says is the "towing weight" of a truck. I've seen trucks go over their GCVW by trying to tow a trailer in the upper range of the "towing weight." Now, if one wishes to have a rig where the load really overloads the truck when stopping, pray that one never has to do a panic stop. [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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