Dirttracker18

Sorry to hijack but I find it very odd that two different guys the have towed half ton in the past are dissatisfied and thus making a huge leap to a 1 ton.

The obvious move would be an F250.

MrGame

I have a 2015 5.0 that I tow a 7000 lb enclosed car hauler with, and while it doesn't have much (although it has some) trouble maintaining highway speed in higher gears, the biggest problem is that it gets pulled around by the trailer. I have a WDH and sway control, but when we go over crowns in the road or tractor trailers drive by the truck goes wherever the trailer wants it to. As soon as this lease is up I'm ordering a 6.2 F250

smokeywren

I'll bet you're overloaded over the GVWR of your F-150. And I'll bet your WD hitch listed for less than $900.


I have a 7,000-pound enclosed cargo trailer. If I load it to 7,000 pounds, it severely overloads my F-150. But I tow it with a Reese Strait-Line Dual Cam WD hitch that lists for around $1,000. I have towed it from west Texas to the Snake River in Oregon, and to the desert of SoCal when loaded one way. No problems whatsoever, unless you count lousy MPG on premium gas as a problem.

Jason_Larsen

[QUOTE=smokeywren;4424427]I'll be you're overloaded over the GVWR of your F-150. And I'll bet your WD hitch listed for less than $900.

I have cheep hitch and it tows my trailer fine. I am however under all my weight limits. Mind blowning right?

Velosprout

Assuming the total loaded weight of the trailer is 7000 pounds:


A 2015 F-150 Scab 5.0 HD Tow package 4x4 has a Gross Combined Vehicle Weight of 14300 or 14400 depending on rear axle. GVRW is rated at 7000 Estimated Curb Weight with fuel & Driver & options 5,000 pounds.


7,000 pound trailer + 5000 truck + 75 pound hitch equals 12,075 pounds, under the GCVWR.
Hitch weight of 980 pounds (14% of 7,000) + 5000 truck + 75 pound hitch equals 5890, under the GVWR.
The most available payload of 2060 minus accessories, (400 pounds) minus driver (250 pounds) minus hitch weight (980 pounds) minus weight distributing hitch (75 pounds) leaves 355 pounds for any and all additional cargo and passengers. Payload would be the limiting factor.

smokeywren

My F-150 ready to tow weighs a bit over 6,000 pounds with just me and DW and Puppydog in the cab. So don't count on that curb weight of 5,000 being close to real life. As you noted, unused payload capacity is the limiter. I'll stand by my original estimate that "I'll bet you're overloaded over the GVWR of your F-150."

smokeywren

I towed with a cheap hitch for years, and with luck never had a trailer upside down in the ditch. But that was luck. One time I did have uncontrollable sway, but I was going slow enough that I was able to get stopped without a disaster. So I graduated to a Strait-Line hitch, then later on up to a ProPride for just in case I again encountered that rare combination of conditions that can result in uncontrollable sway. The Strait-Line can handle 99% of those conditions, but the ProPride can manage 99.9% of them. Once you have experienced uncontrollable sway, you'll pay a lot of money to be sure it is unlikely to ever happen again.

MrGame

Now I'm confused. I have the Curt WD hitch that came with my trailer (not $900) but if I'm overloaded I'll get out of the truck now..

MrGame

does payload still become an issue even with a WDH?

Jason_Larsen

I agree with you, I wish I had known more before I purchased. I knew enough to go with the smaller trailer and not the heavier one my wife wanted. of course the trailer dealer told me id be okay. My current set up works well and I don't go over 65 unless I have to. Im sure i will upgrade before next summer but for now with my weights in limit I feel safe.