flashthefearless

Hello All,
I have owned my F150 for about a year now and have nothing but good things to say about it, this is an awesome truck, so glad we chose Ford over all others!
I am looking to buy a travel trailer at the moment, the one I want has a dry weight of 6700lbs and a GVWR of 8500lbs.
I have an F150 supercrew with a 138.5" wheelbase, a 3.73 rear axle and 18"tires. If I am correct my truck can pull a max trailer weight of 8700lbs.
Assuming we add around 1200lbs of cargo to the trailer this gives us a trailer weight of around 7900lbs.
I know this is below the trucks max recomended trailer weight, but I just want to get a feel from you guys as to how close you you think I should get to the 8700lbs
This will be my first trailer so I really want to make sure we are not going to damage the truck or will be needing to upgrade to a 250/350.
any help/advice would be much appreciated!!
Many Thanks.

camstng66

What trailer are you looking to go with. They make some in the 25' range that are lighter I believe.

ford4wd08

the truck can pull it fine im sure, what towing really comes down to is stopping the load

flashthefearless

Looking to get a Timber Ridge 270DBHS

flashthefearless

Do you think I will have problems?

ford4wd08

youll need to make sure you have good semi metalic pads, and youll need a brake controller for sure, but besides that i think youll be ok as long as you do smart driving and stay in the limits of your tires and the truck itself

flashthefearless

Already have brake controller fitted, need to upgrade pads. Thanks for the advice.

ford4wd08

yea pads will help, EBC i think is who it is makes some for specificly towing, might be a little pricey but well worth it in my opinion. like i said half of it is using your head, approach lights correctly and taking your time, towing a trailer is no time to get in a hurry..... towing isnt rocket science i actually enjoy towing with my truck gives me pride

ford4wd08

here is a link for ya

http://www.ebcbrakes.com/index.html

flashthefearless

Nice one mate
Thanks again!