Recent Towing Success Story!
 

After reading all the threads about the 3.5 Ecoboost overheating while towing I thought I was gonna be in for a rough haul this summer for my vacation... However, it was the complete opposite.. My truck pulled this setup over 2500km (1553mi) round trip through some mountain passes from Northern BC to Southern BC. We drove through some incredibly warm 47°C (116°F) weather and she didn't skip a beat! Engine and trans temps didn't even move passed half way on their respected gauges... A respectable 23L/100 (10mpg) for fuel economy.. This truck pulled so smoothly and effortlessly there were times I had to look in my mirror to make sure my trailer was still there! I have pulled this setup with a couple of RAM 1500's in the past and my F150 blew them out of the water in all areas! I sure love my truck :)

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I gotta ask - what's that loaded in your bed next to the ladder? I can't imagine how you could load something like that, and people, and hook up the trailer, and not exceed your payload...?

Probably an optical illusion -it's one one of those plastic child battery operated toys.

Looks like the steering was pretty light and any night time driving was blinding oncoming traffic.
Makes me cringe just a little that perhaps he passed through my town.

If I am understanding payload correctly:
"The 3.5L EcoBoost® towing capacity is 13,200 lbs., making it the top dog for the 2020 F-150. When properly equipped, expect to haul up to 3,230 lbs.of payload capacity in addition to the trailer you're towing. The 3.5L EcoBoost® is paired with a ten-speed automatic transmission and the specs are 375 HP and 470 lb."

The quad is 800lbs wet... Tongue weight of roughly 700lbs... People and cargo roughly another 700lbs... Total 2200lbs being generous... I am still under that 3230 lbs... ??

Nope... no night time driving.

Uh oh.....~2200 lb actual payload?....what's your yellow door sticker say regards payload and GVWR?....

Ugh M*F*'er! Says 1800lbs max people and cargo... Guess I am over a few hundy.. Guess I wont do that again... Why would the numbers between what it says online vs. the actual door be so different? F me for not looking :( So even though it says max "people and cargo" I assume that tongue weight is lumped into that as well...

I didn't even question it in the RAM's either...

And it did so well too!

Because your truck has options in it. Plus anything you added after delivery. Yeah, you were significantly over. 1,800 - anything you added to the truck - you and all your passengers - all the stuff they brought into the truck - everything in the bed - 100 pounds for the weight distribution hitch (you did have one, right?).

Take the final value and divide by 0.13 for 13% tongue weight, and that's the max loaded trailer.

Go read the GVWR sticker on the trailer, and if it's more than that number... Or, take it all to the scales and get some accurate weights.

Yes I use a weight distribution hitch.. Trailer GVW is 7500lbs wet.. 5000lbs dry... and we hauled dry as we had water & sewer hook ups at our location so that helped... but regardless there was roughly 1000lbs hauled in the trailer between clothes and food etc... if that much..

^This. I'm not endorsing it's accuracy - but - just for grins, before you head to the scales before your next trip, plug in your F150 and trailer specifics into this simple calculator, and see what it spits out. Or you can do it for your recent trip and see how cringe-worthy the results are....
TowCalculator.com