F250 Factory V-5 Hitch
 

I have a 2002 F250 crew cab 4x4 PS. The hitch on it is a Ford V-5 hitch. The specs on the hitch says 12,500lbs gross trailer weight, weight distrubiting. 5000lbs gross trailer weight, weight carrying.
I may need to tow a buddies 42' Tiger about 60 miles one time. Weighing in about 12,000lbs with trailer.
My concern is the factory hitch.


Thanks,
Cris

Re: F250 Factory V-5 Hitch
 

Well your way over because you cannot do distributing with surge brakes so you're at more than twice the rated limit.

Re: F250 Factory V-5 Hitch
 

You will need to buy a new hitch, trust me I just went thru the same thing witha F-350.....BZ

Re: F250 Factory V-5 Hitch
 

The factory hitch is a POS.

Get a Reese or Putnam.

Wannabe

Re: F250 Factory V-5 Hitch
 

thanks for all the input. I thought I was going to have to upgrade it. I found a Putnam XDR locally, 15000lb weight carrying hitch for $160.

Cris

Re: F250 Factory V-5 Hitch
 

???? you mean my 03 F250 hitch is NG for my Formula311? (7,400+1,500=8,900lbs)

Re: F250 Factory V-5 Hitch
 

Sad isn't it.
Ford should be ashamed of it's self for putting those Class 3 POS's on Super Duties......mine has to be changed too.... :mad: .
Will pay more attention next time. :rolleyes:

Re: F250 Factory V-5 Hitch
 

i swapped mine out the day after i got it.... somewhere there is a huge pile of ford hitches.... :rolleyes:

Re: F250 Factory V-5 Hitch
 

My ford deal agreed to swap it before I took delivery.

Re: F250 Factory V-5 Hitch
 

I just had one put on 2 weeks ago. its 12k regular 14k weight distributing. Its a Curt, $230 installed.

Remember, you also need a new ball and hitch thing the ball goes in. those are 5 or 6k too.

The balls they had were either 10k or 30k, so i got the 30k.