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11-09-2019, 05:14 PM #91
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Thank you for your reply, and it wasn't the least bit confrontational to me....and hopefully to no one else either. We all have our opinions on this as well as thousands of other topics. Generally speaking, I am pretty much abide by the rules, but I have exceptions to that and I'd be lying if I said otherwise. I'm really not sure why I feel as strongly about the weight/towing stuff as strongly as I do, other than this possible motive. I've worked hard my whole life to have what I have and it seems to me, especially in these times of "sue happy" folks....a way for someone to be able to put responsibility/liability on me if I were involved in a very serious accident or fatality and I was knowingly towing over my ratings for the truck and trailer. And of course I have worked too hard to have the possibility of losing everything if that were to happen. Of course I realize that pretty much anyone can sue anyone about almost anything at anytime...frivolous or not, but especially at this point in my life (65 years old), maybe old age and maturity have finally caught up with me and I'm just not willing to give a shot at me....that easily by knowingly and willingly being overweight while towing. Plus there is that factor of self preservation and living out my life relatively healthy. I know, lots of what ifs, and such, but we are all individuals and have to live by what we believe is the right thing to do for ourselves.
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11-09-2019, 06:54 PM #92
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Life is a procession of calculated risks; stepping into the shower, plugging in the toaster, getting on the freeway to drive to work, boarding an airplane to visit family or attend a conference. I will add towing my mid-size fifth wheel with with a truck that I special ordered to specifically accomplish that task safely and comfortably, while still maintaining eligibility for my company's vehicle allowance program, in some as yet unidentified province in Canada, to the list. Actually, it is quite likely that by time I tour Canada, I will have a F450 and a 310GK, so never mind. Hopefully, Calunicornia doesn't start their random GVWR inspections for another five tears. At that point I will be retired and out of this oppressive, socialist, incredibly sunny and beautiful Utopian dream land.
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11-09-2019, 08:13 PM #93
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xrated- I truly appreciate your sincere and honest response. Like you, I am also a "by the rules" guy. I'm 50 years old, so I have lived some life and learned a lot of lessons. I am also completely driven by logic. I rarely accept anything at face value. Why anyone would at this point is beyond me. Information is readily available right at lour fingertips. If it's within my limited mental capacity, I prefer to do some research and apply some logic to most things. I simply accept that E=mc2, but I can quite easily ascertain that GVWR is driven as much by marketing as it is by actual capability. It only takes a minimal amount of research to come to that conclusion. I cannot and will not argue that there may be some legal or regulatory risk to exceeding the GVWR of your truck. I don't see much evidence that makes me think it's likely but logic dictates that it is possible.
I think my real hope is that we, as a community, can cut down on the rhetoric. Intended or not, the weight police tend to come off as preachy and dogmatic. I get it, they have a solid position. Real life is full of preachy and dogmatic people and positions.This is supposed to be fun; an escape from the negativity of the "real world". What good does it do to tell someone to buy a new truck or buy a new trailer otherwise you are unsafe and a menace on the road. It probably isn't realistic or true. It makes more sense to me to have an open mind and try to come up with solutions that make the best of a less than ideal situation. Hey, if you're towing a triple axle toyhauler with a F250, you seriously need to buy a dually. If you are towing a Reflection fifth wheel with a late model F250, or RAM/GM 2500, what can we suggest to make that combination as safe as possible. That is not likely an eminently threatening situation, regardless of what the sticker says. It just isn't. Real world experience bears that truth out. Tens of thousand of people have towed their fifth wheels hundreds of thousands of miles and virtually none of us has any first hand knowledge of that situation leading to spontaneous disaster.
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11-17-2019, 09:13 PM #94
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11-20-2019, 04:13 PM #95
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11-20-2019, 09:05 PM #96
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It is only available with the diesel option and it gets you the same Dana rear axle as the diesel F350. Same rear main spring pack as any other F250 but adds the overloads. Also gives your the 21K pound, 3" hitch and 5,600 pound front springs. The max tow rating and GCWR are increased but those numbers are fairly irrelevant. A F250 outfitted like this cost the same as an F350. Unless you are compelled to purchase the 250 for some reason, don't bother. Just buy the 350. The daily driving and towing experience will be the same with either truck but the 350 gets you an extra 1,500 pounds on the payload sticker.
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11-20-2019, 10:31 PM #97
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Insurance and registration costs are significantly cheaper in NY for a 250.
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