On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 22:39:23 -0400, jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
>
>droo <03dakotacc4.7_4x4@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>: I don't plan on hauling anything. That's why I didn't get the hitch
>: installed from the factory. Don't care for the look of them. :P I spoke to
>: a guy that said he towed his race car in a car trailer around on the bumper
>: of his F150. Said he didn't have problems. I just want to make sure I don't
>: crinkle my bumper like the few of you have done tryin' to pull out stumps.
>: :)
>
>
> Hopefully it was a Mini on a really light trailer. ;-) Keep
>in mind also that the full size trucks are often rated to tow
>more off the bumper. I have no idea what Ford's ratings are, but
>both of my Rams are rated to pull 5,000lbs with 500lb tongue weight
>off their bumpers. To get that kind of rating with my Dak, I need
>a Class III hitch. My Dak (and probably yours too) is only rated
>to tow 2,000lbs and something like 200lbs tongue weight off the
>bumper.
No idea about F-150s, but the newer F-250s I've seen also have the
5000/500 rating for the bumper.
> If your loaded trailer weight is in the neighborhood of 2,000lbs
>or less, you should have no problems towing off the bumper. (You
>might also want to double check that the trailer you will be pulling
>is more or less level; I suspect it may ride a bit nose high.) Some
>of those trailers which are designed to be pulled behind a car
>will ride nose-high even off a truck hitch, the bumper will put it
>a few inches higher.
I would think that'd be the most significant problem, and probably a
reason why U-Haul will bitch about it and want droo to pay them to
install a normal hitch. Their light trailers are made for pulling
behind a car, which has a hitch that's lower even with a 3" or 4" lift
on the draw bar.
-Bill
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