11screw50

You probably will not find any such documentation. Even if the hitch can handle it, the suspension is too soft. Think about it, 1000lb tongue weight with no WDH, that is all on the rear suspension. Add a WDH and now you are closer to 250 front, 500 rear and 250 on the trailer.

A class IV hitch can handle the weight, it is the truck that quickly becomes the issue (payload, axle ratings, spring ratings, wheel ratings, etc are quickly surpassed when you are hanging all the weight on the rear end...)

2.7Ecoboost

Here is the ford tow guide manual. This should tell you what you want to know.

http://www.ford.com/resources/ford/g...0_r1_Jan12.pdf

mikedj

I'm starting to realize this is the reality...

Thanks,
Mike

mikedj

It's what I need to know, but not what I want to hear!

Thanks,
Mike

2.7Ecoboost

Here is a hitch that I transfered from my old truck to my new one it says 7,500 lbs. So 6k should be acceptable.

mikedj

That's the drawbar and ball I have. But it's the hitch receiver on the truck that is the weak link (5,000 lb. max).

Mike

94slowbra

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i just went through this same scenario. have a 6k car and trailer and coulnt believe my truck coulnt handle that weight. read and looked everywhere to find different but no luck. like you i know a class IV hitch should be able to handle 1k tongue which is why i was so frustrated and confused. its the trucks suspension that is lacking. i installed a set of timbrens and my truck pulled that 6k trailer easily for 1900 miles

mikedj

Thanks for the post. It definitely supports what I'm hearing from multiple sources.

Thanks,
Mike

Wannafbody

I added the rear swaybar to my 13 F150.

smokeywren

Class IV means 10,000 pounds max trailer weight with 1,000 pound max tongue weight.


So the F-150 receiver is a Class IV receiver when used with a weight-distributing hitch. But it's a Class III receiver when used with a weight-carrying hitch.


So the answer is simple. Install a weight-distributing hitch on your trailer. The Equal-I-Zer hitch can be used with surge brakes, so it will work just fine on most boat trailers that have surge brakes.


Or if you want to do it right, buy a boat trailer that has electric over hydraulic disk brakes, then add the integrated trailer brake controller (ITBC) that will work with electric over hydraulic brakes, then install a Reese Strait-Line weight-distributing/sway control hitch on the trailer. That would be a really-good combo.