Bumper mount says one thing, but....
06-08-2018, 07:57 PM
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No such thing as a WD receiver, so I assume you meant a weight-distributing (WD) hitch that plugs into your OEM receiver..
Without a WD hitch, max wet and loaded tongue weight (TW) is 500 pounds, which is a max wet and loaded trailer weight of about 3,850 pounds with average TW of 13% of gross trailer weight. Or a small trailer designed to haul one motorcycle, or one Ski-Doo, or one Wave-Runner, or maybe two small dirt bikes or a golf cart. Or a boat trailer with 8% TW that grosses not more than 5,000 pounds. (500 pounds TW is the limiter for trailers with 10% or more TW, or 5,000 pounds gross trailer weight is the limiter for trailers with less than 10% TW. No, you don't get to choose. It's 500 pounds max TW or 5,000 pounds max gross trailer weight, whichever comes first. )
With a WD hitch, tow rating is 10,700 pounds. But you cannot tow a trailer that weighs 10,700 with anything in the truck but a skinny driver, and no options on the truck not required to reach that tow rating. So to compute the max trailer weight you an tow without being overloaded, you have to weigh the wet and loaded truck. Guesstimating the weight, or taking the weight off of a source other than a CAT scale will not work, so load the truck up with everybody and everything that will be in it when towing, drive to a truck stop that has a CAT scale, fill up with gas, then weigh the wet and loaded truck.
Subtract the weight of the wet and loaded truck from the GVWR of the truck and the answer is the max hitch weight you can have without exceeding the payload capacity of your truck.
Subtract 100 pounds (the weight of a good WD hitch) from the max hitch weight to get the max TW of a travel or cargo trailer you can tow without exceeding the payload capacity of your truck.
Divide that max TW by 13% and the answer is the max GVWR of any travel or cargo trailer you want to consider buying for towing with your F-150 and a good WD hitch.
Without a WD hitch, max wet and loaded tongue weight (TW) is 500 pounds, which is a max wet and loaded trailer weight of about 3,850 pounds with average TW of 13% of gross trailer weight. Or a small trailer designed to haul one motorcycle, or one Ski-Doo, or one Wave-Runner, or maybe two small dirt bikes or a golf cart. Or a boat trailer with 8% TW that grosses not more than 5,000 pounds. (500 pounds TW is the limiter for trailers with 10% or more TW, or 5,000 pounds gross trailer weight is the limiter for trailers with less than 10% TW. No, you don't get to choose. It's 500 pounds max TW or 5,000 pounds max gross trailer weight, whichever comes first. )
With a WD hitch, tow rating is 10,700 pounds. But you cannot tow a trailer that weighs 10,700 with anything in the truck but a skinny driver, and no options on the truck not required to reach that tow rating. So to compute the max trailer weight you an tow without being overloaded, you have to weigh the wet and loaded truck. Guesstimating the weight, or taking the weight off of a source other than a CAT scale will not work, so load the truck up with everybody and everything that will be in it when towing, drive to a truck stop that has a CAT scale, fill up with gas, then weigh the wet and loaded truck.
Subtract the weight of the wet and loaded truck from the GVWR of the truck and the answer is the max hitch weight you can have without exceeding the payload capacity of your truck.
Subtract 100 pounds (the weight of a good WD hitch) from the max hitch weight to get the max TW of a travel or cargo trailer you can tow without exceeding the payload capacity of your truck.
Divide that max TW by 13% and the answer is the max GVWR of any travel or cargo trailer you want to consider buying for towing with your F-150 and a good WD hitch.
06-08-2018, 08:56 PM
#12
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I bring it up only because the rest of your post is so spot--on.
06-09-2018, 04:24 PM
#13
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be on your driver's door area. These are from my truck. Either post them, or the data from them.