pegasus76

I want to thank the people of this forum for creating it for us to have questions asked and answered. I am new to forum and had some questions. If I did all my research right I should be ok but would love some opinions before I buy this trailer. We are going from a 2007 Pioneer 18ck which my truck never had any issue with to a 2014 Aspen Trail RV 2810BHS, stats of trailer are below. My truck is a 2010 FX4 5.4L V8 with Max towing. I have included the windows sticker for your reference. We also will be using an equalizer hitch rated at 1000 and 10,000 trailer. I know I should be at a 250 but never liked they way they felt or handled. I have been a Ford Gal all my life. Not other truck even compares. First one I ever owned was a 1997 4x2 f150 manual. Boy that was fun pulling my pioneer with, but it pulled it well.
Thanks for your time in this.
Specifications For Trailer

Unloaded Weight 6,527 Hitch Weight 849 Cargo Capacity 3,073 Height 11' 4 Length 32' 4 Fresh Water Capacity 52 Black Water Capacity 42 Grey Water Capacity 42

smokeywren

Unloaded weight plus cargo carrying capacity (CCC) = 9,600 pounds GVWR. Ignore the dry hitch weight and compute your probable hitch weight as 12.5% of the GVWR of the trailer = 1,200 pounds. It might even be more as hitch weight varies from about 12% to 15% of wet and loaded trailer weight. My TT's hitch weight varies from about 13% to over 15% of trailer weight, depending on exactly how I distribute the load inside the trailer.

Your pickup's GVWR is 7,675 pounds? GCWR is over 17,000 with the max tow pkg, but GCWR is probably not your limiter. GVWR is probably your limiter.

Load the pickup with everything that will be in it when towing, including a full tank of gas, you and yours, pets, tools, extra fluids, shank and head from your WD hitch, etc., but no trailer. Weigh the wet and loaded pickup. Subtract the weight of the wet and loaded pickup from the GVWR of the pickup, and the answer is the max hitch weight you can have without being overloaded.

Your hitch weight could easily be more than 1,000 pounds. 1,000 pounds is 10.42 percent of the GVWR of the trailer. But if you load the trailer and then have 15% hitch weight, your hitch weight could be over 1,400 pounds. So your hitch would be overloaded

You need a tongue weight scale.
http://www.etrailer.com/Tools/Sherline/5780.html

If your tongue weight is more than 1,000 pounds, then ask Equal-I-Zer if you can replace some parts of the hitch to achieve a higher max hitch weight. On a Reese Straight-Line hitch, you can replace the 1,000-pound spring bars with 1,200-pound spring bars for a coupla hundred bucks, so maybe Equal-I-Zer has a similar option. If not, you can buy a complete new Equal-I-Zer with 1,200 pound max hitch weight for less than $500.

brulaz

In addition to running out of payload, take a look at your hitch receiver. Mine says a max of 1150# with WDH. Like smokeywren says, you could be higher than that.

You are getting up into Superduty country, especially if you load that trailer up to its max.

pegasus76

We never load it to max. We own some land and take it up there for 4 months of the summer and leave it there and bring it home only during winter. So all tanks are dry and cargo is already at place. How would I check hitch rating? The tow bar under truck says 11200.

Dirttracker18

Just a question that may have a simple answer.

If you own the land, why not just leave the TT on the land instead of towing it home every fall?

brulaz

Mine says 1150# hitch weight, 11500# tow capacity, so maybe yours is 1120# and 11200#

pegasus76

Cause they really get harsh winters up there and seen to many have roof caves in and wildlife are through out the area that's why I don't leave it up there. My towing is rated at 11200.

Norotso

I think my choice would be to rent a suitable truck to tow the trailer, provided it can be done in a day. Aside from that, I think you have more trailer then truck and could run into trouble if the right conditions were presented…

SkiSmuggs

I think you are getting close to the limits, but keep your speed down and plan ahead (leave plenty of space between you and the vehicle in front) you will be fine. You are only towing it twice a year and not taking a cross country trip. Since you are not loading to the max and tow with dry tanks, even your WDH is good as you should be under it's limits. With no disrespect intended, I find the advice in towing forums to be very conservative and try to keep you at no more that 80% capacity. While ultra safe, it is not always practical. If you were full timing and making long hauls on a regular basis, my advice would be different.

boostup

^ I agree