Weight Question on Big Country 3250 and 2011 F350

[Pappy]

I recently purchased a 2011 F350 SRW 6.7 4X4. I am very interested in purchasing a 2012 Big Country 3250. I was hoping some BC 3250 owners could provide me some of their actual weights of there 5er's. My biggest concern is the payload weight and wanted to get some real world stats to verify I will be within limits. I have listed some of the info I have below. Thank you...

Ford F350 Stats
The GVWR is 11,500
Front GAWR is 5,600
Rear GAWR is 7,000
GCVWR is 23,500
The label states Payload capacity is 3,339

I went to the CAT scales and have the following stats

Front Axle 4,740
Rear Axle 3,300
Total Weight 8,040 (Bedliner, full fuel, no hitch, no passengers)

I am a little concerned about staying with in the limits of the truck. The Trailer Brochure states the BC 3250 stats are

Hitch Weight 1,920
Dry Weight 10,590
GVWR 14,000

Thanks in advance for any info you can provide.

 

[SouthernNights]

Welcome to the forum Pappy.

Maybe this will help a little. The truck is different than yours but the trailer is an 09 3250.
//heartlandowners.org/showthread.php/11719-3250-weights?highlight=

 

[lwmcguir]

We have an Augusta and can legally scale it. Have published the weights in the past. You will be fine and have margin to spare.

 

[Nabo]

Can't help ya with stats but we pulled an '08 BC 3250 with a Dodge 2500 diesel for about 4 years before upgrading a 3500/BC 3650. We made many big cross country trips and the 2500 didn't even flinch. You shouldn't have any problems.

 

[danemayer]

I've attached the weigh-in info from last year's Heartland Rally in Goshen. We have a Rushmore, which is several thousand pounds heavier and has a much higher pinweight. As the weigh-in shows, we're right about at capacity with respect to vertical load. Our pinweight is increased because we have the generator and washer/dryer options, both located at the front of the rig.

Our GMC 3500 has a GVWR comparable to your F350, which makes me wonder about your payload. Ours is spec'd at 4085#. The Ford website shows most F350 SRW Diesels with a payload in the 4000# territory. We shopped F350's and I'm pretty sure the 2011s also were in that neighborhood.

Even so, if you add 2000# pinweight plus 500# for hitch and passenger to your CAT weight, you're still 1000# under the GVRW.

It seems like the payload spec you're quoting is the key question.

 

[GOTTOYS]

We have a 2011 model 3250. Had it weighed at Goshen last Summer at the Rally. With our normal camping stuff and about 1/4 full waste and water tanks. Pin weight 2625#, axle weight 8875# for a total loaded trailer weight of 11,500# I can't imagine there would be much more "stuff' we would carry with it. Looks to me like you still have 1,000# of rear axle capacity to play with. We really like ours and spent 89 nights in it in 2011. It's not as big as some but has everything we need to be comfortable. Good luck...Don

 

[Pappy]

Thank you for the info. Looks like I will make it with the current stats...

 

[Birchwood]

For a tow vehicle I look at the max GVWR of the trailer you are towing and multiply by 20%.
I your case its only a pin weight of 2400 lbs plus your truck 8000 lbs equaling 10400 lbs.
You could legally tow a fully loaded Landmark with your truck.