Pro pride hitch
11-20-2017, 07:59 AM
#2
Senior Member
You've got a pretty detailed thread going here: https://www.f150forum.com/f82/2016-f...9/#post5545262 where it was suggested to you several times to go to the scales and do some weighing, and you also stated you were going to get the TSB done on your F-150 steering.
Your posting here lacks all that information and is simply going to start the quest for answers all over again. I'd recommend you continue on the previous thread and supply info about how the TSB went as well as your results in weighing.
The conclusion over there that I read is that you're right on, or over, your limits, so no hitch is going to solve that.
Your posting here lacks all that information and is simply going to start the quest for answers all over again. I'd recommend you continue on the previous thread and supply info about how the TSB went as well as your results in weighing.
The conclusion over there that I read is that you're right on, or over, your limits, so no hitch is going to solve that.
11-20-2017, 08:17 AM
#4
Senior Member
You're not understanding the limitations correctly. You can't read a chart on a Ford site and think you can tow 12,000 pounds - you cannot.
Every trailer has tongue weight, 10-15% of the trailer's weight, ideally around 13%. Having the right weight it essential to having control over the vehicle. Too much tongue weight removes weight from the front axle, and the vehicle drives like the front tires are skating. Too little and the trailer lifts the back of the truck up.
Your PAYLOAD and the maximum weight that each axle can handle are the overriding limitations. For most people it is the Payload, which can vary from as low as 1,200 pounds on a loaded truck to twice that for a truck with a HDPP (heavy duty payload package).
You have to subtract from your Payload (printed on a sticker on your doorjamb) the weight of every mod you've made to your truck, all the people you carry, your dog, the crap the people bring with them in the truck, anything you load into the bed, and your weight distribution hitch.
You stated you have three adults. Let's assume 500 pounds. Let's assume 100 pounds for your WDH, and no other mods. And let's assume you have a Payload of 1,600 pounds.
1,600 - 500 - 100 = 1,000 pounds.
1,000 pounds / .13 = 7,692 pounds for the maximum your LOADED trailer can weigh.
And, the maximum that any F-150 hitch takes is 1,220 pounds. 1,220 / .13 = 9,384 pounds max for a loaded trailer.
I strongly advise you to take the recommendations on that other thread and WEIGH your setup at a certified scale, full of gas, loaded for a trip, with the passengers and you in it. There are posts telling you to a) weight the truck and trailer hooked up to the wdh, then unhook and weigh it (exact process in other threads).
Only then are you going to know what's what.
Every trailer has tongue weight, 10-15% of the trailer's weight, ideally around 13%. Having the right weight it essential to having control over the vehicle. Too much tongue weight removes weight from the front axle, and the vehicle drives like the front tires are skating. Too little and the trailer lifts the back of the truck up.
Your PAYLOAD and the maximum weight that each axle can handle are the overriding limitations. For most people it is the Payload, which can vary from as low as 1,200 pounds on a loaded truck to twice that for a truck with a HDPP (heavy duty payload package).
You have to subtract from your Payload (printed on a sticker on your doorjamb) the weight of every mod you've made to your truck, all the people you carry, your dog, the crap the people bring with them in the truck, anything you load into the bed, and your weight distribution hitch.
You stated you have three adults. Let's assume 500 pounds. Let's assume 100 pounds for your WDH, and no other mods. And let's assume you have a Payload of 1,600 pounds.
1,600 - 500 - 100 = 1,000 pounds.
1,000 pounds / .13 = 7,692 pounds for the maximum your LOADED trailer can weigh.
And, the maximum that any F-150 hitch takes is 1,220 pounds. 1,220 / .13 = 9,384 pounds max for a loaded trailer.
I strongly advise you to take the recommendations on that other thread and WEIGH your setup at a certified scale, full of gas, loaded for a trip, with the passengers and you in it. There are posts telling you to a) weight the truck and trailer hooked up to the wdh, then unhook and weigh it (exact process in other threads).
Only then are you going to know what's what.
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11-20-2017, 09:35 AM
#5
Senior Member
...I strongly advise you to take the recommendations on that other thread and WEIGH your setup at a certified scale, full of gas, loaded for a trip, with the passengers and you in it. There are posts telling you to a) weight the truck and trailer hooked up to the wdh, then unhook and weigh it (exact process in other threads).
Only then are you going to know what's what.
Only then are you going to know what's what.
You can guess your weights, but never know what they actually are. I've been deemed a nerd here and other places for using the following spreadsheet; however, I can tell you why and how my truck and trailer drive so well together.
11-20-2017, 10:51 PM
#6
Senior Member
No reason to start a new thread asking the same things as the other one. 
Contact Sean at ProPride and he will help you decide if it is right for you but I can already tell you that it will be.
If I were going to be towing anywhere near my max tow I would have a ProPride.
I will be 20% under mine and I will have a ProPride on my truck.
Contact Sean at ProPride and he will help you decide if it is right for you but I can already tell you that it will be.
If I were going to be towing anywhere near my max tow I would have a ProPride.
I will be 20% under mine and I will have a ProPride on my truck.
11-21-2017, 08:05 AM
#7
No reason to start a new thread asking the same things as the other one.
Contact Sean at ProPride and he will help you decide if it is right for you but I can already tell you that it will be.
If I were going to be towing anywhere near my max tow I would have a ProPride.
I will be 20% under mine and I will have a ProPride on my truck.
Contact Sean at ProPride and he will help you decide if it is right for you but I can already tell you that it will be.
If I were going to be towing anywhere near my max tow I would have a ProPride.
I will be 20% under mine and I will have a ProPride on my truck.
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11-21-2017, 09:32 AM
#8
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He will explain to you why the ProPride P3 is the best hitch on the market as if you couldn't read all the reviews and come to that conclusion yourself.
He will also explain why the ProPride lowers the tongue weight on your vehicle by moving the pivot point out 2 feet. So if you are bumping (as the OP is) his max tongue weight this will help alleviate that.
I'm not going to trust my $40K trailer (or any trailer for that matter) to a $300.00 hitch that uses washers to make adjustments.
Any more questions just ask.
He will also explain why the ProPride lowers the tongue weight on your vehicle by moving the pivot point out 2 feet. So if you are bumping (as the OP is) his max tongue weight this will help alleviate that.
I'm not going to trust my $40K trailer (or any trailer for that matter) to a $300.00 hitch that uses washers to make adjustments.
Any more questions just ask.
11-21-2017, 04:50 PM
#9
He will explain to you why the ProPride P3 is the best hitch on the market as if you couldn't read all the reviews and come to that conclusion yourself.
He will also explain why the ProPride lowers the tongue weight on your vehicle by moving the pivot point out 2 feet. So if you are bumping (as the OP is) his max tongue weight this will help alleviate that.
I'm not going to trust my $40K trailer (or any trailer for that matter) to a $300.00 hitch that uses washers to make adjustments.
Any more questions just ask.
He will also explain why the ProPride lowers the tongue weight on your vehicle by moving the pivot point out 2 feet. So if you are bumping (as the OP is) his max tongue weight this will help alleviate that.
I'm not going to trust my $40K trailer (or any trailer for that matter) to a $300.00 hitch that uses washers to make adjustments.
Any more questions just ask.
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