Tyssa'sRide

I was just using these numbers. Potential weight with trailer loaded. That's all.

"Schrod, do you think you'll be able to stay withing your payload / GVWR with that Platinum? What does you sticker say? With an empty tongue weight of over 900 lbs, you will likely see 1,200 or more lbs of real tongue weight, right?"

schrod

Well now, I just checked their website and according to the specs listed there that the TW is only 865. The brochure listed it as 945 so maybe the brochure is wrong. I hope so as it has been printed for a while and the website should be current (maybe).

IronJoce

Just a word of advise, never trust the brochure for trailer weight. Especially pin or tongue weight, never.

Harley6.2

Weigh behind the axels of the trailer will reduce tongue weight.

tmnewell

Here is a picture of my setup. Just finished a 3600KM trip through very hilly terrain (north shore of Lake Superior, Sault Saint Marie - Thunder Bay Ontario) and the truck did amazing!!!

SkiSmuggs

Sweet! Which Jayco Eagle model is that? I originally liked the 29.5RKS, but went with the Cougar with similar floor plan and less pin weight.

tmnewell

It is the 2012 Jayco 27.5BHS, awesome 5er very happy with it. I like the Cougars as well!

Fastfwd

This is a 1350 pin weight(empty) 5th wheel. It is marketed for 1/2 ton trucks but strictly speaking is not within the payload numbers for a crewcab 4x4 unless the high payload option is now available on crew cabs???

I have seen many people pulling huge 5th wheels with F150 and obviously yours works well and the back end of the truck does not even seem to sag at all. I wish Ford would make the F150 payload numbers just a bit higher so I'd feel OK with getting the same setup you have. I am a bit paranoid with published payload numbers and respecting them. It just seems like a waste of money to get the F250 vs the F150 when it does the job just as well.

SkiSmuggs

Looks like you have the Jack antenna instead of the Winegard. I upgraded mine to that as well. Don't forget to crank it down!
Also like your canoe rack.
Oops, just saw your scenery pic and the angle shows a Winegard.

tmnewell

You are right, the back end does not sag at all when I hitch up and I am strickly factory. I am not using any airbags or helpers of any kind. I just came back from a trip where I had to drive a very bumpy highway and truck had not issue at all. I feel very safe driving this and the payload is just under 1800 lbs on my truck (from the sticker on the door).

Now having said all that I would not recommend going any larger as physics start to kick in. Also if I was towing all the time I would have a larger truck but since I tow a couple weeks a year and drive the truck as my main transportation the other 50 week this works out perfectly.