2tines

Let me start by saying, this is my first ford product that I have ever owned. I have a 30 5th wheel that has a dry weight of 6775 lbs. I have used my duramax to haul it with no issues at all, but have traded it on a 2010 f150 4x4 crew cab with the 4.6 and towing package and 3:73 gears. My question is, do you guys see any problems with the truck handling the load? After that, Is there any mods that I need to make to this truck for better performance? Thanks in advance for the help.

Steve Osborne

how is they payload on the yellow tag in the door frame... hope its better than my buddies 2010 4.6 xlt at 14xx lbs....that'll be the first limiting factor..

2tines

actually I think mine is 1190?

king nothing

Dry weight of 6775 will be 7500-8k wet and loaded. You are looking at 1500-2k on the pin. Youre gonna be way over

acadianbob

Way over payload and under-powered I'm afraid.

smokeywren

The trailer is too heavy for the F-150. You'll exceed the GVWR and probably the rGAWR of the F-150, probably by a lot. It was probably a good match for your 2500.


If your 4.6 is the 3V version, then you'll probably have enough power and torque to pull the trailer on the plains. Your main problem will be payload capacity. Your suspension and brakes will be severely overloaded. And even with the short legs of the 3.73 axle, you'll probably struggle to climb steep hills and mountain passes when dragging an 8,000-pound trailer.


I had an F-150 Lariat SuperCrew 4.6L 2V with 3.55 axle for a while. It was a dog, even towing an empty 7x14 cargo trailer that grosses only 1,900 pounds. Trailer weight wasn't the problem, wind resistance at highway speeds was. So I got rid of that gutless wonder and replaced it with a more-powerful pickup.


Don't blame Ford because you didn't buy enough truck for your load. Ford makes trucks with more payload capacity, but you didn't buy one of those.

2tines

Sounds like I need to trade campers or trade trucks huh?

Boulevard

There are all sorts of things that you can do to make your truck take the load. Things like a RAS, airbags, add-a-leaf etc. but make no mistake the truck will be overloaded. Do it right the truck will be awesome and very safe to drive and you will probably be a heck of a lot safer than at least half of the trucks out there right now.


I pulled 6000lbs with a '06 super crew with the 4.6 and the engine had plenty of power and from what I can see the 2010 with the 4.6 had 250hp and 300ft/pd torque which is even more than what the '06 had. You may not win any races but the engine will pull.


The real problem will be the transmission. The tranny used in the 4.6 is a light duty unit and it is not the same as the one used in the 5.4. Expect the tranny to overheat just as mine did and eventually fail. This is the reason that I traded my '06 in but if it were not for the tranny I would still have that truck.


I have pulled 6000lbs with both the 4.6 and the 5.4 and I found the 4.6 to be the better engine. The 5.4 is more powerfull and is still a good engine and I would buy one in a heartbeat but it is just not as smooth or as refined as the 4.6. I'd go so far as to say that the 4.6 is a better engine than the 5.0 that I have now just no where near as powerfull.

acadianbob

This is, I'm sorry, extremely bad advice. None of the "add-ons" do anything to increase your payload capacity. There is no way your truck can safely handle the payload that would be required of it.

2tines

can someone please explain why the same truck in 2 different years or even the same year can have 2 different payload capacities?