bscottie

well I can't seem to figure out what my 2014 Tremor towing capacity is, have GVWR on window sticker, have the hitch numbers and have read/found another number while google searching, anybody know specifically?

zx12-iowa

Should be thevsame as a non tremor with those features. Which is a lot.

KR Kodi

iTrader: (1)

Look at the stickers on your door and under the rear bumper for the weight limits.

smokeywren

The tow rating of "max trailer weight" Ford publishes is misleading. You cannot tow that much trailer without exceeding the GVWR of your pickup. So go by the GVWR of your pickup.

The GVWR of your pickup is posted on the door sticker inside the driver's door. To determine your actual max tow rating, you'll need to weigh the wet and loaded truck. Also on that sticker is the max available payload of the empty truck, but using that number means you have to guess at how much your cargo of people and stuff weighs. Almost everybody underestimates the weight of the cargo they will haul, so weigh the wet and loaded truck to get an accurate number.

So load the truck with everything and everybody that will be in it when towing (including the shank and head of your weight-distributing hitch), drive to a truck stop that has a CAT scale, fill up with gas, and weigh the truck. If you don't have the WD hitch yet, then add 50 pounds as the estimated weight of most WD hitches.

Subtract the weight of the wet and loaded truck from the GVWR of the truck and the answer is the max hitch weight (tongue weight) you can have without being overloaded.

Divide that max hitch weight by 0.13 (13%) and the answer is your real-world tow rating. Don't even look at a trailer that has more GVWR than your maximum real-world tow rating.

Most travel trailers have hitch weights of 12 to 15 percent of gross trailer weight, with 13% being the average. If you want to be absolutely sure you won't be overloaded with the wet and loaded trailer, then divide the max hitch weight by 0.15 (15%) instead of 13% of available payload for hitch weight to estimate the max weight of the trailer.

Example: If your GVWR is 7,200 pounds and your wet and loaded Tremor weighs 6,500 pounds, that leaves 700 pounds for maximum hitch weight. Divide 700 by 0.13 and the max GVWR of any trailer you want to consider towing is 5,385 pounds. Or to be more certain, divide 700 by 0.15 and the max GVWR of any trailer you want to consider towing is 4,667 pounds.

Of course, if you haul less weight in the truck, then you'll have more payload available for hitch weight, and you can tow more trailer weight without being overloaded.

On edit: I found the towing specs for the 2014 Tremor regular cab.
4x2 = GCWR 13,300, tow rating 8,000 (when wet and loaded truck weighs 5,300 pounds, and ignoring GVWR)
4x4 = GCWR 13,300, tow rating 7,700 (when wet and loaded truck weighs 5,600 pounds, and ignoring GVWR)
http://www.ford.com/trucks/f150/specifications/towing/

Look at the last entry for the EcoBoost engine and 4.10 axle on the first screen for the Tremor (regular cab) specs.

But as noted above, those are myths because your wet and loaded truck will weigh a lot more than the assumed truck weight, so count on not more that about 6,500 pounds max trailer weight until you weigh the wet and loaded truck to be sure.

bscottie

Thanks guys


@ smokeywren, those are the numbers I also found, I'm getting ready to tow a few cars, trailer weight is about 2k - 2.5k and heaviest car is 3400lbs I will be loading on it. I will have some misc. cargo in the truck but probably no more than 2 - 400lbs (rough guess)


I have never paid attention to tow capacities in the past, if I could get a ball size that matched a trailer I was always good to go. LOL fortunately never had any substantial issues, lucky sometimes come into play.


ok, after more reading to help with understanding info I am looking at the truck is rated at 6650#, hitch is rated at 500/5000 or 1050/10500 with a wdh. looks like I will be under max with no extra cargo or extra loads on the trailer with the standard setup,

KR Kodi

iTrader: (1)

What is that 6650# number?????


Is that the weight of the empty truck?????


If so, you hardly have enough payload capacity to carry a couple people, much less any tongue weight or other stuff in the bed.


The stickers on you door will look like this, and they will have the weights for YOUR truck:







Once you know the weights for your GVWR and payload capacity (the "weight of occupants and cargo should never exceed" number) then you can subtract the payload capacity from the GVWR to find what your empty truck weighs (empty except for a full tank of gas).


You can see from the picture above that my truck weighs 7200-1115=6085 lbs. Actually, after adding my bed liner and bed cover, it weighs 6180 lbs, and that's very high.


If that 6650 lb number is the empty weight of your truck, then you are VERY heavy, and will have a very limited towing capability.

zx12-iowa

I bet it's giver.

bscottie

here is my tag info, owner manual list my truck as 13300 GCWR, seems like if I stay under 6000lbs TW and tounge weight below 500, no extra crap in the truck I am good

A7B2FX4

WOW! That RA gross weight is the pits!

smokeywren

And the GVWR of 6,650 is not very close to the 7,100 of my SuperCrew 4x2 Ecoboost with 3.15 axle ratio. But remember that this is a Tremor = a regular cab "sport" truck with a powerful engine, 4.10 axle ratio, 20" tires, and intended for High School Harry to show off on Saturday night. It's not intended for the over-thirty crowd dragging a travel trailer or loading the bed with heavy work stuff. I'm surprised the GCWR (tow rating) is as much as it is.