BadAlBell

Other threads on here indicate the 6.5 bed is needed so the trailer doesn't hit the cab.
And the max payload would help handle the tongue weight

Guillotine

That video is pretty wild. Those safety chains are a lot stronger then what I expected.

transmaster

I have seen trailers go over so many times. I'll say this that is one sold trailer most of the time when they go over it looks like they had gone through a shredder. I am not sure what the story was here but it is so important to keep informed on the weather conditions along your route. When the highway department advices no light trailer traffic it pays to listen. Zap's father's setup is very nice, but Wyomings winds would make a drive with it a white knuckled, crap your pants advanture.

zap

With a 6.5 on a 5th, you'd need a sliding rail setup. With a gooseneck, it depends on the trailer. Basically you'll need either a 4" hide a ball adapter (moves the king pin back 4") or you could just go with a normal hide a ball setup.

Nateharsh

He said 5th wheel travil trailer so I'm assuming it's a camper, I've never seen a goose neck camper...

Reds

You're kidding right?

"The details:

• Two-wheel drive Supercrew models equipped with a 6.5 foot bed will see an increase in payload capacity from 2,00 pounds to 2,590 pounds.
• Four-wheel drive Supercrew models with 6.5 foot bed will see an increase in payload capacity from 1,890 pounds to 2,340 pounds."

I think some of you guys really underestimate what these trucks can handle. I had 2700 lbs loaded up in my '07. Yes it was a bit much and it was low but the front tires weren't in the air and it handled fine, that why you don't lift your truck 10" if you plan on ever using it for things like these.

zap

It's a bolt on adapter to the 5th wheel king pin. Now the really nice stock trailers with living quarters (real leather, hard wood flooring, etc) are all goosenecks. The thing with the gooseneck, it's more universal. Plus the new systems are all a standard 25 kip rated hitch where you unlock the king pin, pull the ball out and put it in upside down, lock the king pin again and you have a empty bed where the equivalently priced 5th is generally a 15 or 17 kip rated hitch and is the big hulking mass in the bed.

tulsaguy74055

I just bought a 2011 f150 Ecoboost with the max trailer package 4x4 crewcab and my camper dealer told me my new 2012 30ft Crusader fifth wheel will be fine with this truck. The camper weighs 8800pounds and over 10,000 pounds fully loaded. With the short 5.5 ft bed in the truck, I have to get the sidewinder hitch to pull the fifth wheel. Im just hoping I dont have to put airbags on the truck to make it sit level with the camper hooked up.

zap

Like I said before...I'd have a gooseneck adapter put on there with a gooseneck for the truck (some of the cushioned adapters will work with the short beds as they set the trailer back an extra 4" to help clear the cab) that way you retain the bed. Depends on the pin weight...the truck will squat differently versus a bumper pull, but I know very few people who put that kind of weight in half tons.

Electricdude

Wow! First of all for those of you who think a half ton truck can only handle a half ton - get your heads out of the sand. Today's payload capacities will easily handle a light 5er. Secondly this person was looking for real world 5th wheel experience with an EB - not what it might do, or "it's no good - get a diesel"!