Well my used sportchassis with 20k miles was less than my new F450

i have usually got rid of my trucks about 150k miles but with this one who knows

I'm running 49's on it with 5:38 gears, its a fun rig to drive but I know what you mean when you say it can be a pain sometimes!

Here's my old tow rig sold it and bought a 2011 haven't done anything to it yet.

I was worried about the weight limit.
Did some research.
The curb weight of a Dodge Dually 3500 4x4 Diesel Crew Cap with 8 inch bed weighs around 7800 lbs. Boat 11,500. Trailer 2400lbs. 220 gallons of fuel in boat 1835.90lbs. Full tank of Diesel gas in truck. 268lbs.

Total. 23804.03lbs.
That's below the 26,001 limit.
Of course I did not add beer and people in the car or boat.

Unless I am looking at this wrong, you don't need a Class A or B licence if you drive a 3500.
Tell that to the police.

Go to this link and change the options to 3500 4x4 and crew cap with 8 inch bed, then go to dimensions in the list and look.

http://www.ramtrucks.com/hostc/vsmc/...Code=CUT201215

I towed my '88 Top Gun for years with an '05 2500 Duramax. It towed it fine and (if the trailer brakes work) the trailer will stop the truck.

But the bottom line is that I was towing above the truck's rated capacity and if a family in a Minivan pulled out in front of me and I hit them I would be toast...... So, just to prove that it can be done the OldSchool way, I looked and looked until I found something that:
A) Could tow my chitbox legally.
B) Was cool
C) Cost less that 25K

...and this is what I found. Am I big baller in my my mind? NOPE, just someone who lives within his means. Old boat, Old Truck ..... but not risking my azz every time I tow= PRICELESS!!!!!!

A truck capable of pulling 40,000 pounds to move a 15,000 pound boat.......... I'll stick with my F-450, 33,000 GCWR and weighs 8290... That's 24,000 pounds for passengers, cargo and load........ More than enough truck

Put a 18,000 pound hitch on and call it a day.

Nothing wrong with old brother, I have 88 boat with an 89 truck.. Boat looks tiny behind the boxtruck
http://www.seriousoffshore.com/forum...313001021b.jpg

That's cool, looks like you did your home work and the math.... What's the tongue weight though, I didn't see that in your figures?... Depending on where the wheels of the trailer sit you're usually about 15% of your total weight. They say 10 to 20%. So on the low end you have to ad 10 percent to your total of 15735 for your tailer, boat and fuel, worse case ad 20%. So low end you're about 17,308 and high end you're at 18,882. What does the Dodge tow off the ball mount? And don't forget your weight distribution bars.. At least Dodge says you need them over 10500 I think.

If your towing over 10k then you need a class a or b it's not what your towing it with

Yes it is, I towed my cig with a F350 and it worked great but get something that is over 20k and tow it with an 450 and even though its legal it sure doesn't give you much comfort.

just like some of the new 1/2 ton trucks are rated to tow 10k
can it do it? sure
would you want to do it? hell no