DieselDawg

WDH increases what you can carry for tongue weight...but it does not increase your max to 11,300.

wvhillbilly

Nope skinny and tall like all hillbillies so about 140. but do have some hefty beagles.lol. Already have the truck so just have to figure out the trailer.
Hoping for a jayco 29REKS as I travel for work and the hotels are eating through per deim at a horrific rate. Double trailer payment would be cheaper than a month in a hotel.
I'll check out their threads and see what I can figure out. Thanks for all the help. You have clarified a lot for me.

wvhillbilly

Diesel Dawg does it up my max at all?

wvhillbilly

At max tow across according to hitch I would be at 10,200.The next trailer would be keystone 3180RE grand touring at 7500 loaded but I really don't like the trailer.

11screw50

All of you counts for payload but not for tow rating. No idea why they do it that way but they do.

smokeywren

So you have the regular tow pkg, not max tow. Therefore your "tow rating" is 7,500 pounds. but your actual tow rating without exceeding any of Ford's weight limits is a lot less than 7,500 pounds.

No, it doesn't say that. The 11,300 tow rating requires EcoBoost engine, 3.73 axle ratio, and the optional max tow pkg or HD Payload pkg. Your tow rating is 7,500 pounds.

Your tow rating with a weight-distributing hitch (WDH) is 7,500. Without the WDH it's the 5,050 indicated on your receiver. Yep. that's a wide spread. So don't leave home without a high-end WDH such as the Equal-I-Zer (not the Anderson).

It's possible to pull that much weight, but you'll be overloaded over the GVWR of your F-150. For example, my F-150 with similar payload capacity as yours has a tow rating of 8,400 pounds, but I'm overloaded with my 20' TT that grosses only 4,870 pounds when wet and loaded on the road. The problem is payload capacity, which is based on the GVWR of the F-150.

Trying to use dry trailer weight and published hitch weight (which is dry hitch weight) will get you in trouble. Weigh the wet and loaded pickup with everybody and everything that will be in it when towing (including the WDH, campfire wood, full tank of gas, tools, etc.) then subtract that weight from the GVWR of the pickup. The answer is the max hitch weight you can have without being overloaded. Divide that max hitch weight (tongue weight) by 0.125, then don't even look at any TT with GVWR more than the answer. And I'll guarantee that the answer will be a lot less GVWR than the trailer you're looking at.