SultanGris

obviously, and I wanted a 350, but with the options i have a 350 priced out to be 15,000$ more, so im driving a 150, haha!

RES4CUE

I am sure that there is a safety margin built in as with most things. I know you dont want to go over the limit as you could be held liable if something happens but there is a reason that they are rated at x amount. I will use all available if I have to. I didnt buy the truck with a 10,000 lbs rating only to use half that.

truckercarl

thanks for the responses. I don't tow that often and no mountains. I think the ecoboost and 3.73 should handle it fine.

NorCal-09

Some good info right here in this forum.


https://www.f150forum.com/f38/5th-wh...-52823/index2/



This looks real pretty to me!

(One of the photos from the thread)



And so does this!!

NorCal-09

I agree with you; and even if you threw in a 'mountain', I would still agree!

omaraleman2002

How big is the bed on these trucks???

SultanGris

6.5 or 5.5. If you are pulling a 5thwheel with a 5.5 you need a sliding hitch.

Augster

OMG, those are HUGE RV trailers!

Which begs the question: Why a 5th wheel travel trailer instead of a whole RV rig?

I rented out a 36 footer deluxe RV and towed my ATV trailer with 4 quads out back, drove that a couple hundred miles to some dunes and back, through winding, high, windy, freeways through the mountains, and it was no sweat to me. Living in comfort, auto-leveling, on-board generator, cool air conditioning.

I did a quick check on prices and you can find huge RV's in the same price range as a TT.

Just curious on the reasoning for a trailer vs a "RV".

Platinum_Sean

Click the 5th whel towing in my sig. I tow a 5'er, sometimes with a Seadoo behind that. Total towed weight is about 9000 lbs.

As a previous poster mentioned, you will run out of GAWR and cargo weight WAY BEFORE running into the 11,000 pull rating. a 10K 5'er will weigh about 2000 lbs on the pin. Add in your weight, gas, propane, ... and you will be way over your GAWR rear, which I assume is 4000 lbs. My 5er is 6600 unloaded, abuot 8000 loaded, 1050 on the pin unloaded, about 1200 loaded. Mine is a Cougar X-Lite, built for F150 type trucks (please don't call it a half ton. Half ton is 1000 lbs! Our F150s have 1400-1900 cargo, more on the 3/4 side!). To do it right, you have to tone down the weight/length of the trailer you want. If it must be a 10K, I'd go ball mount, with a WDH, hands down. but with the 3.5, I'd seriously reconsider that downwards too.

Hitch wise- I have a 5'6" box and a Pullrite 12K autoslider which is mandatory. There are no issues with the depth of the F150 bed.

blueovelboy

i would have to say i would have to go with the tt for the simple fact once i get to where i am going i unhook and still have a mode of getting around plus insurance is cheeper. but there to thats just me