Need some help before a TT purchase
09-10-2013, 08:35 AM
#41
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GVW is only 100# over, and it looks like the GAW are under.
Not that bad.
But you have that 6.5 bed with cap and you can't put anything but your tool box in it.
That's irritating.
My last truck was like that but worse, I was 300-500# over GVW.
Not that bad.
But you have that 6.5 bed with cap and you can't put anything but your tool box in it.
That's irritating.
My last truck was like that but worse, I was 300-500# over GVW.
09-10-2013, 03:34 PM
#42
2012 F-150 EcoBoost SuperCrew Lariat 4x2 6.5' bed with Leer shell
GVWR = 7,100
GCWR = 14,000
tow rating = 8,400
Wet and loaded tongue weight = 650 pounds per Sherline tongue scale
TT GVWR = 5,600
Per CAT scale report:
3360 steer axle.
3840 drive axle
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7,200 GVW (compare to 7100 GVWR)
4220 trailer axles (+ 650 tongue weight = 4,870 gross trailer weight)
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11,420 GCW
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The miniscule available payload is the problem. Just me, Darling Wife, two puppydogs, toobox and the shell and I'm overloaded with a trailer that grosses 4,870 pounds.
GVWR = 7,100
GCWR = 14,000
tow rating = 8,400
Wet and loaded tongue weight = 650 pounds per Sherline tongue scale
TT GVWR = 5,600
Per CAT scale report:
3360 steer axle.
3840 drive axle
------------
7,200 GVW (compare to 7100 GVWR)
4220 trailer axles (+ 650 tongue weight = 4,870 gross trailer weight)
--------------
11,420 GCW
===========
The miniscule available payload is the problem. Just me, Darling Wife, two puppydogs, toobox and the shell and I'm overloaded with a trailer that grosses 4,870 pounds.
Interesting info smokeywren. Big dogs and lots of rocks in the tool box? I'm not a fan of toppers so that saves a couple hundred pounds but I am actually a little surprised at your axle weights for truck. Interesting.
09-11-2013, 11:01 PM
#43
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09-11-2013, 11:22 PM
#44
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10-22-2013, 10:00 PM
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I tow a 2013 Forest River Surveyor 189SC maxed out with water and cargo it weighed in around 5500 with a Andersen WD anti-sway system. I had the same rig as the OP but an 2009, no issues the truck has plenty of power and is very stable. I just traded in my truck for a 2013 F150 Screw 4x4 3.5L Ecoboost last week. Trying to drive it as much as possible for break in the next 2 weeks so I can tow my TT for the first time with it.