Vinnied03

Thinking about buying a travel trailer with uvw of 7780lbs. L6 axel 5.0 v8 2012 f150screw. Having trouble figuring out the Towing capacity.

please help

11screw50

If this is correct, you have 3.73's:

https://www.f150forum.com/f38/axle-r...01/#post950175

Then based on this you have either 9300lb (4x2) or 9100lb (4x4) with the long bed or 9400lb (4x2)/9300lb (4x4) with the short bed:

https://www.f150forum.com/f38/axle-r...01/#post950175

But what you really need to look at is the yellow sticker on your doorjamb that tells you what your available payload is (probably somewhere between 1100 and 1500lb). Take that number, subtract the weight of EVERYTHING you have added to or have in your truck. Then subtract the weight of all passengers. Then subtract anything that will be in the bed while you are towing. The number that is left is what you have available for tongue weight plus the hitch itself.

Trailer tongue weight is typically between 10 and 15% of trailer weight (except for boats). and a weight distributing hitch will weigh somewhere between 75 and 125lb.

Chances are, unless you are towing alone, you will be over payload with that trailer (and thus over GVWR)...might be over even if you are alone.

PerryB

Thats a lot of trailer for your truck. As stated above, you're going to be very near max towing capacity and probably over on payload and rear axle. You're going to be struggling on hills and prone to cooling issues, both engine and transmission. You're into 250 territory with that trailer.

smokeywren

That's way too much trailer for about 99% of F-150s. Your 5.0 drivetrain might be able to PULL it, but you'll probably severely exceed the GVWR and payload capacity of your F-150 - unless your F-150 is one of those rare ones with the heavy duty payload package (HDPP) and 8,200 GVWR.

Ricktwuhk

Many posts on this section of the forum that take you through evaluating capability. As stated, probably too much trailer.

acadianbob

And another consideration is trailer length. Divide your wheelbase length in inches by 5. That is an approximation of the maximum length you can safely tow. 145" = 29 feet for example.

Norotso

Having a 12 f150 w/1700# payload I can tell you that is going to be too much trailer by the time you're loaded.

mark waller

Sorry too much. An empty trailer around 6500 and 1000 payload would be about max. And that's with a payload on the higher side. Checked my friends Tundra and his payload was 1350!

mike243

My 11 limit is 7200 total good luck

treeeman00

I pulled a f350 diesel 4x4 on my trailer with a 04 f150 4x4 4.6 3 hours through the hills of West Virginia and southern Ohio. I estimated the truck at 8000 and the trailer at 1900lbs. Sure it struggled on the hills but I was surprised how it handled it and it really did great overall