georgefarl1945

I have a 2013 F150 XLT Scab 3.5l v6 Ecoboost with Max tow package, 3.73 gears, rear view camera, brake controller, 6.5 box. My yellow door sticker has 2030 cargo limit.

I am looking at a Dutchmen 29 ft. (total length ) and #6500 UVW and max
#9000 GVWR. My wife and I are the only campers and we would put #1000 or less in the TT. The tongue weight must be #1125 or less and would leave me only 925 for gas, wife and my self and a few items which I can maintain.

Do you agree I can pull this weight travel trailer.
Thanks In advance

brulaz

Your truck and trailer are very close to mine.

The big question is what the loaded tongue weight of the trailer will be, and that's hard to predict. Say your loaded trailer is about 7500# like mine. Then a 15% tongue weight could possibly overload the rear GAWR, like mine did. But if only 13%, you should be ok with the weight.

You don't want to get the TW down to 700#. That's less than 10% of trailer weight and not safe. For high-sided travel trailers, a minimum of 12-13% is what you want. That's 900-1000# in your case.

With a good WDH, you should be fine. I've pulled ours from B.C. to Ontario to FLorida without any problem. I've also stiffened the suspension on our truck and added LT tires to help with the soft ride.

stlcg

Yes you can easily tow this TT. First off the ECO has plenty of power absolutely no concerns there. With a TT in order to keep trailer sway under control you need at least 10% of total trailer weight on the hitch. With a total trailer weight of 7500 you would need as a minimum 750lbs on your hitch. The more hitch weight the better but 10% works. A properly set up WD hitch will transfer whatever weight is need to put the truck within its limits. The problem comes in when too much weight is transferred back to the camper resulting in trailer sway. As far as the fuel in your truck; available payload is figured with a full tank of gas.

smokeywren

Maybe. Maybe not, without being overloaded over the GVWR of your F-150.

The only way to tell for sure is to load the pickup with everything that will be in it when towing, including people, pets, jacks, tools, options such as spray-in bedliner, and the shank and head of your WD hitch. Go to a truckstop that has a truck scale , fill up with gas, and weigh the wet and loaded pickup. Subtract that weight from the GVWR of the pickup to get the payload capacity available for hitch weight. Divide that payload capacity by 0.15 to get the max GVWR of any TT you want to consider.

If your answer is 9,000 pounds or more, you're good to go.

nihilus

Don't listen to these guys, they are crazy!
You have 2050 payload. That is actually close to HD payloads. Why is everyone so scared to pull a damn trailer here?! Even with 900 lbs of "wife and gear" you will still be alright.
And if you go 50 lbs over because your wife needed more snacks, no on will die, you will not get arrested and your truck will be totally OK. Sheesh

Am3gross

Whoa whoa whoa, hold up here cowboy..... 50 lbs of snacks will take away from the 100 lbs of beer, there for all snacks should be bought at the campground or when said trailer has been disconnected and a separate trip to Wally World, gas station or where ever you choose to get snacks. It's in the man code rule book.....

smurfs_of_war

How do you get around 185lbs of shoes though? Because that's what my wife and daughters seem to think is necessary on every excursion for some reason

69Shark

HA HA! Made this old "on subject" commercial come to mind! Pretty funny!

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Scott

Am3gross

Lol!

willieboy

Back to a serious note for a second, Your "Cargo Capacity" assumes full "wet weight" of the truck. That includes a full tank of fuel. I suspect you will be fine, but almost every trailer has an advertised tongue weight. 2050 - 500 lbs (people and gear) - 100lbs for the WDH hitch means you can still max out the tongue weight and have room to put stuff in the truck. You are good to go!