little info from you guys please

A friend of mine that's into horse's wants to buy this monster trailer 13,000lbs empty! Add four horses and we are talking about 24,200lbs. What truck should she buy F550 (which would be right at the limit) or F650 up??

Her trailer
http://www.horsetrailerworld.com/home/trailerdetail.asp?ID=466354

this is what i found but I'm looking for real world info from somebody who's been there and done that.
https://www.fleet.ford.com/showroom/...50-450-550.pdf


http://www.ford.com/trucks/superduty/specifications/towing/

D's557BBF wrote:A friend of mine that's into horse's wants to buy this monster trailer 13,000lbs empty! Add four horses and we are talking about 24,200lbs. What truck should she buy F550 (which would be right at the limit) or F650 up??

Her trailer
http://www.horsetrailerworld.com/home/trailerdetail.asp?ID=466354

this is what i found but I'm looking for real world info from somebody who's been there and done that.
https://www.fleet.ford.com/showroom/...50-450-550.pdf


http://www.ford.com/trucks/superduty/specifications/towing/

what typ of horses? clydesdale ? 13,000 to 24,000 that about 1,800 lbs per horse......
average horse is arond 900 - 1,200lbs

f-450 drw, 4.3 grear...!

How far are the trips she is going on? My 48' enclosed trailer weighs about that much and my F350 pulls it just fine. A neighbor that hauls bulls all over the US uses an F550 to pull his trailer and it handles his 32' trailer just fine with 8 bulls that weigh almost 2k#/ bull.

I just made a mistake, the horse's are 900lbs not 2800...lol! They not mustangs (race cars)

Man that was funny, 2800lb horse's could do some damage!

Rob she just told me her trips are anywhere from 200 miles to 1400 miles...

I would think that any good F350 or 450 would handle that kind of load easily

Any of todays drw 1 tons will do that Iin comfort.

what is DRW??

Dual Rear Wheel

Dual rear wheel..

Treed.

Treed.

Barney wrote:Treed.

Will the weight of the truck, trailer and horses be more than the GVWR for an F350?

how many horse's can I tow with my ecoboost ?????

bruno wrote:how many horse's can I tow with my ecoboost ?????

It'd depend on how well you feed your horses

bruno wrote:how many horse's can I tow with my ecoboost ?????

more like how many horses to tow the ecoboost lol.

jbozzelle wrote:Will the weight of the truck, trailer and horses be more than the GVWR for an F350?

they all have a gcvw of 30k plus nowadays. Not the 25k of yesteryear.

f450 rides like a lumber wagon, has less power....... get the 350

I got just the truck for her D, 350 dullie, with the 7.3, with less than 80,000 miles.

bruno wrote:how many horse's can I tow with my ecoboost ?????

0. But you can tow 30-40 cats.

Look at the Advertising banner at the top above the Trailer specs. They have a F350 dually hooked to it.

I would recommend the F450 p/u not the cab n chassis. its a 400 horser.comes with the 4.10 or 4.30 the one that's a rebadged f350. run the motorcraft 15/40,bring plenty of def,pack some spare exhaust valves and a high press pump to be on the safe side.