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RE: F-250 vs F-350
I’ve owned Ford F250’s and 350’s to tow different fifthwheel and travel trailers. All did very well as towing goes. Our current 2018 F350 DRW truck rides empty as smooth as a 250 towing. Don’t compare highway driving to grave or secondary road driving. We live in the N Georgia Mountains and travel to NE Florida several times a year. I’d much rather drive my truck than my wife’s Yukon.
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Retired JSO
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10/09/23 03:28pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Fuel Ecomony - Towing
Depending whether the tow vehicle is an everyday driver or just a tow vehicle. The biggest change will be going to a 10 speed transmission and choosing the appropriate rear gear to get the best mileage.
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Retired JSO
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07/20/23 12:17pm |
Towing
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RE: Hot weather towing
I wouldn’t worry about your truck but the trailers tires may cause a problem.
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Retired JSO
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07/19/23 09:14am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Creak when reversing the fifth wheel
Any suggestion appreciated first time I’ve done this. I will remove the dust cap and fill any ideas how much it will take thanks
If you don’t know what your doing, don’t. You will over grease causing grease to push out the inside seal ruining your brakes.
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Retired JSO
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07/07/23 01:29pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: F250 upgrades
All our trucks squat a bit. As you apply weight on the hitch, the truck compresses the comfy area of the springs and as you add more weight, you reach the load carrying of the springs. The next time you hookup, check the fender well openings on the truck front to rear. 2” down on the rear would be common on your F250 with your Rockwood.
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Retired JSO
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05/30/23 10:49am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Awning misaligned when rolled up?
Usually this will happen when a gust of wind causes either awning to shift slightly. When we had a manual awning misaligned, I would slide the lock arms to store position, then push up on the roller creating a sag and flap the fabric which usually shifted it back in position.
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Retired JSO
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05/08/23 09:33am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Tire pressures
This has probably been asked before but because we are leaving in the AM for the summer I need quick advise from the folks on here.
We have a 2013 Ford F350 SRW 6.7L Diesel and a new to us 2016 Keystone Cougar 30' fifth wheel.
We just put on 4 new Goodyear Endurance tires on the 5th wheel. The tire says to run at 80psi and that is what the tire company put in them.
The label on the 5th wheel says to run 65psi in the tires.
Which should we follow? One of us says the label recommendation and the other says the tire recommendation.
What say you? Please advise!
Not to start an argument, but apparently the OP’s trailer was equipped with D rated tires and the load sticker shows proper pressure. Many ST tires do not have a web page showing pressure vs load. That’s the reason for using sidewall listed pressurization .
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Retired JSO
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05/08/23 09:23am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Tire pressures
65 psi was for a D rated tire. The new tires are E rated and 80 PSI. Run the new tires At 80 cold. As temperatures warm, you may need to adjust the cold PSI.
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Retired JSO
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05/06/23 12:29pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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