how much would this suck?

[BigDaveZJ]

01 F250 PSD, CC, Shortbox pulling a 32ish ft gooseneck with two Grand Cherokees (close to 10k lbs) on it. To top it all off, the only place I would be towing that setup would be through the mountains of CO on our way to go wheeling so lots of hills and never a straight road.

Obviously a DRW long bed would be much better for this, but is it possible, or even safe?

 

[W4RLR]

Driving the rig you describe in the mountains would IMHO definitely make your sphincter pucker on the downhill runs.

 

[WD40]

Just make sure, I mean real sure that the trailer brakes are working good. In 1990 I had the truck brakes go out on a crewcab gasser going down Wolf Creek Pass pulling a 35 foot Terry Fifth Wheel. Yes the........definitely make your sphincter pucker on the downhill
Sure glad the trailer brakes worked good.

 

[95_stroker]

Your F 250 can handle the 10K easily enough, I think youre GCWR on that rig is 20,000 lbs (that's the weight of vehicle/fuel/passengers/gear and trailer loaded) but you might want to load it all up and roll it across a scale to ensure your tounge weight isnt excessive as to overload your axle and tire combo.

 

[BigDaveZJ]

Luckily we probably wouldn't ever go over Wolf Creek Pass, that's one bad enough without a load! But Vail, Eisenhower, Kenosha, maybe Hoosier every once in a while. The truck is bagged too so I'm thinking that would probably help get everything squared away. Would a LB DRW really make a ton of difference here?

 

[95_stroker]

The DRW will give you the extra tire capacity and a different gearing in the rear. Not a ton of difference, but a notable difference.

 

[BigRedJeep]

i pulled a 93 grand cherokee and a 95 yj wrangler on my 25ft gn and the only prob was it use a lot of fuel. up and down the hills bottom of ky and top of tn. yea 2x on checkin the brakes.