Jeff1024

No way the GVWR on an F150 is 9600 - I dont know what it was in 2012 but I am guessing closer to 7000. That would be 7000 - 1154 making it a 5,846 truck which is about right. The GVWR should also be on the door jam on a white sticker.

06screwlariat

Where are you getting the 9600 from? Again these numbers are a bit specific to each truck (depending on frame, axles, etc), it is shown on the sticker on the drivers door - not the payload sticker.

Example from my 2013 below: GVWR of 7200 - 1201 payload puts the truck at 5999 pounds.

Your GVWR is probably somewhere around 7000-7200

Platinum4me

Appreciate all the info guys, as we can all clearly tell im really out of my league here lol.

bikendan

See, all that Platinum bling is for Show and not for Tow! Add that it just has the standard tow package and you get a truck that's a grocery getter.
As was said, nothing can increase payload. Air bags only help with sag, NOT with payload.
Look for a truck with less fancy stuff, like a XLT with at least the Max Tow package.

smokeywren

"And the dry weight of my trailer is roughly 4600lbs. So may sleds would be around 2000-2400lbs". So gross trailer weight of about 7,000 pounds. With a properly loaded trailer, that's tongue weight of about 910 pounds. Plus 100 pounds for a good WD hitch. Plus 800 pounds for guys = 1810 pounds payload. 1810 mnius 1154 = 656 pounds over the GVWR.

GCWR tells you the max weight your drivetrain an PULL without overheating anything in the drivetrain and without being the slowpoke holding up traffic on hills and mountain passes. But it's not your limiter as to how heavy a trailer you can tow. Payload capacity is your limiter.

And mine. My 2012 F-150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost with 3.15 axle has GCWR of 14,000, but I'm overloaded over payload capacity with my trailer that has only 650 pounds hitch weight..

If you're a big gambler, that F-150 Platinum can PULL that 7k loaded trailer without breathing hard. Because the 3.5L EcoBoost engine is a towing monster. Add Ride-Rite overload air suspension (air bags) to reduce the sag in the rear end and to bring the headlights back down to earth, and you'll probably get by with being overloaded. But if you get into an accident while being severely overloaded, the lawyers will probably make sure you'll never again be able to afford a nice pickup and toys.

I've towed trailers grossing three times that much over the hill county with no problems - other than being severely overloaded over GVWR (and thus payload capacity), and rGAWR. But do what the old man says, not what he did. And I don't plan on doing it again.

Platinum4me

Is there anyone on here that will run the VIN and see what the sticker say?

bikendan

If the payload capacity sticker says 1154lbs, it's not worth checking.
Unless you don't plan on towing anything, except a popup.