OGOBRacing

I just purchased an F 150 Supercab 2.7 Ecoboost with the trailer towing package, which theoretically gives me a towing ability of 7,000 +.


We are looking at a camper with a dry weight of 4,380, GVW of 6,000 and a dry tongue weight of 500 lbs, which seems heavy to me given the dry trailer weight.


I know this is well below the towing capacity Ford lists, but I wonder about the loaded tongue weight and how all of this will tow in the real world. I might add that we will be doing a lot of secondary roads and hills.


What say you all?

mark waller

Whats your payload capacity of the truck? You should be fine.

mass-hole

I certainly would not be worried about power with the 2.7. As mentioned, knowing ur payload will help folks answer if it's more than ur truck can handle.

smokeywren

Normal average tongue weight is 12.5% to 13% of gross trailer weight, and it can go up to 15% with no cause for concern if your tow vehicle has adequate payload capacity for that tongue weight. Assuming the dry trailer weight is accurate (it's probably understated by several hundred pounds), and assuming the dry tongue weight is accurate, that trailer's dry tongue weight is 11.4% of dry trailer weight.


With 6,000 pounds gross trailer weight, your wet and loaded tongue weight (TW) could be as high as 900 pounds without affecting the handling of the tow vehicle - assuming you are towing with a properly installed and adjusted weight-distributing (WD) hitch. Any TW 500 pounds or more requires a WD hitch, so don't expect to get by with an ordinary ball mount/drawbar weight-carrying (WC) hitch.