WickedFX2

Hello all, I have been looking at travel trailers for my husband for Fathers Day and I was overwhelmed (our first travel trailer, so nothing extravagant) I need someone to help me get some kind of idea on what weight limits of the TT I need to be looking at. I have a 2012 screw 5.0l with 3.55s.

Here are some of the bigger travel trailers ratings.

WickedFX2

And the smaller TT

kmac1036

Here's the chart. The rating vary based on wheelbase & wether or not you have the max tow pkg. if u are having trouble pinning it down post what wheel base etc you have & will help ya out. http://www.ford.com/resources/ford/g...rv&tt_f150.pdf

WickedFX2

I have the 5.5 ft bed.. And how would i know about max tow?

WickedFX2

So that chart says i have 8000lb max loaded trailer weight.. And the TT brochure says the s314bhk has a GVWR of 8000. So the truck could handle it or what other numbers do I need to look at.. Like tongue weight? Is my truck loaded with camping gear and our family an issue?

Al Kohalic

The only engines you can get with a max tow option is the EB or 6.2L so you don't have max tow since you have a 5.0L. The max weight your truck is rated to tow is 8,000 lbs if it is a 2wd or 7,700 lbs if it is a 4wd. The GVWR of both trailers are under that, but slightly for the bigger trailer. Your biggest concern will be payload. Depending on how much gear or people that you will be carrying, you might be over that. There is a sticker on the drivers side door that will tell you your payload. Try to find the actual tongue weight or tongue weight percentage of each trailer. Subtract that from your payload and then see if you are comfortable with the remaining weight for passengers and gear.

Edit: Looking closer at the picture, I see the hitch(tongue) weight of the larger trailer is 810 lbs and 579 lbs for the smaller trailer. Don't forget to add 50 or so pounds if you add more weight to the trailer. Subtract those numbers for the max payload weight on your door. If the remaining amount you have left is plenty for you and your family plus the gear, then you are good. I would also look into getting a weight distribution hitch and a trailer brake controller if you don't have the factory one.

WickedFX2

Definitely getting a W/D hitch and yes we have the factory brake controller

WickedFX2

It says occupants and cargo can not exceed 1526lbs.. With us, our 3 kids and 2 dogs we are at 500 pounds without our gear. So down to 1000 lbs.. And the 3 big ones we like have tongue weights of 589, 684, and 760lbs. So we should be good with any of the TT, right? Or is there something else I need to look at?

TheRevJosh

You can pretty much disregard the unloaded tongue weights listed in the brochures. They never included the weight of full LP tanks, batteries, or anything you'l load into the trailer. The first thing you should do before you start seriously looking would be to load up the family and any bikes/firewood or anything else you might bring in the bed and head to a CAT scale to find out your trucks true available tongue weight (GCWR minus scaled weight).

To get a better estimate of a trailers loaded tongue weight, figure on 13% of the trailers GVWR

Jaythor74

Don't forget any firewood, bikes, chairs in the truck bed will all go against the payload besides tounge weight and passengers.