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How much can I tow?

08-25-2005, 04:30 AM

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rlyons

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How much can I tow?

Does anyone know if I could safely tow a 1996 King of the Road fifthwheel double slide with my 92 D250 5 speed? The owner doesn't know the trailer weight but the gross weight rating is 15,800 lbs. On the NADA site it sayes it should weigh 11,700 from the factory but of course that is without any load or extras. My owner's manuel said I can tow a max trailer weight of 16,000 lbs. I just wondered if anyone has any real world expierence with towing a trailer of this size with my truck. I have plenty of power to handle the load but just am a little concerned about handling. My current trailer is 7,000 lbs dry weight. I posted this in the towing forum but thought people here might have a better idea about the 1st Gens.

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