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Originally Posted by dkoldman

I guess I naively thought that all F53 chassis from Ford came with the same Engine, transmissions, rear end, suspensions, axles frame etc.? The RV Mfg just just built little houses on top of them ( let some tell.... "with tape", but I digress )


I really want to know what is happening here as I have a boat that when loaded up is right at 5,000 lbs. So 18,000 pounds and 23,000 combined weight means not only that I can't stock beer in the refrigerator, but my wife and I can't ride in RV on our fishing trip.

When I saw that 8,000 hitch ratings, I thought I was free and clear over other Mfgs with 5,000 hitch ratings. I like the rating of 8,000 and now know it is a good thing by Thor, but it defies logic to me that I can't pull a 24' boat loaded with gas and water in RV that is also full of gas, water, propane, waste tanks etc, and up to to 4 - 6 people.

Let me put this in perspective as regular Joe Schmuck guy that don't own RV. I have Lincoln Navigator that for years loaded 6 people into truck, tents, 3500 KW generator, camping gear, chairs etc. and pull a fully loaded boat, and never had an issue or question. I have a 5.4 L V8. The F53 we are talking 6.8L and V10.

Your math isn't fully computing.

If you have a F53 chassis with an 18K GVWR and 23K CVWR there is a difference of 5K. So if you had your RV fully loaded up to 18K then you could only pull a 5K trailer.

But if you only load the RV to 16K then you can pull a 7K trailer if you have the 8K rated hitch.

So your comment "means not only that I can't stock beer in the refrigerator, but my wife and I can't ride in RV on our fishing trip" is inaccurate in that you can load that stuff and a lot more before your RV will be at its GVWR.