I have a 2019 F150 with the 3.5 ecoboost, max tow package, 3.55 gear ratio. I have a 2021 North Trail 33BKSS (37 feet long, about 8,000 lbs (dry). I bought this camper in May 2021. I have the truck die three times now (twice on the same trip). All three times it died, i was traveling about 40 mph, but had started to slow and about 25/30 mph (while slowing), it died with a warning on the dash ("transmission not in park"). i slowed as safely as possible, put truck in park, turned it off. Then turned it back on, and continued on. I called the dealership I bought it from, the service advisor seems to think it is related to the door latch recall issue. What does everyone say?

Some more about my truck, this did not happen with my previous camper which was about two feet shorted and about a 1,000 lbs lighter (i am still well within the tow limits for the truck). I also have after market tires and rims and a speedometer calibrator. i also have a extra leaf spring and aftermarket Fox shocks on the rear. I currently use the Equalizer weight distribution hitch and will upgrade to the Hensley hitch next week.

Thanks for the help!!
Bryan

 

Beautiful truck and TT. Sorry, you need to buy a F350. That is ridiculously too much for a F150 to pull. The marketing brochure weight specs are for flat bed steel, not 37' sail wagging the dog. Be safe

 

You are ridiculously overloaded. Your truck is screaming to you, yet you aren't hearing it.

Open door. Read payload sticker. Then subtract your heavier tires and rims, plus the weight of the leaf springs and shocks. Or take the truck to a CAT scale, fill with gas, and then weigh it. Subtract your weight if you are in the truck on the scale. Take this weight and subtract from the GVWR on the doorjamb. That is your true payload.

Subtract from this number your weight, all passengers, and all stuff loaded in the truck, plus 100 pounds for the weight distribution hitch. Now you know how much tongue weight you can have.

Take 13% of the trailer's GVWR, and compare the numbers...

Also, the hitch has a weight limit of at most 1,320 pounds, read the sticker on it.

Lastly, please post your route whenever you tow so I can be sure to not be on the road when you are...

 

Your looking for help on a stalling issue and instead the weight police show up. Try the FB page half ton haulers many folks like you on it pulling long and heavy successfully maybe they have an idea.

 

This seems like a known issue, to a degree.
You are not the only thread that has issues while towing. Most of them are "truck won't start after stopping", instead of your situation where it simply stalls though.

I thought this was a Ford fix thing, meaning there is a flash or something but I haven't been able to find the old threads on it.
The newest thread is less than a month old. Something like "wont' start after towing".

OP in that thread never posted an update that I recall reading, maybe find it and tag OP there to see if there were any findings.

I would agree that you're over weight but the trucks aren't designed to stall as an indicator. By overweight, we mean "legally"
Oh well it's a new trailer so happy towing.

 

This is why I don't come here much anymore. And I don't even tow long or heavy(24', 5500 lb GVWR.) It's just obnoxious how every thread turns into who can scream the loudest about how overloaded these trucks are.

 

Well said!!

 

Wasn't there a Ford service bulletin on 2018 and early 2019 EB equipped trucks with stalling issue? I remember someone with an early 2019 I believe last year that had a sudden shut down without warning. I can't find it right now. The search engine on here can sometime bring up irrelevant info. I have a late 2019 2.7 and was glad that the later 2019's did not appear to have this issue.

 

In for answers. I've not experienced this issue myself, but I would certainly like to avoid my truck shutting down while towing my 7,000 lb TT!

 

Glad to see you are back from timeout and are keeping up with the snide remarks.

He likely is within the specs but just barely for his truck and it certainly sounds like it’s setup properly too. Just because you aren’t capable of towing something that size doesn’t mean others can’t do it safely.