Boozehound

Ok, I tried to post this earlier, but it looks like it didn't go through. I'm going to be in the market for a travel trailer, and before I get distracted by shiny things I can't have, I wanted to know what I could safely tow. I've seen the algebra equations, and to be honest, I still need my toes to count to twenty. I'm including pictures of the door stickers since those are the things allegedly telling me all I need to know. Any help would be much appreciated. I'll add, that the window sticker has the 7000# GVWR option, and 3.73 rear axle.

rd.king

motor, tow package, TBC.

Boozehound

MikeD134

Quick and dirty, trailer less than 8000lbs gross rating if just you and the wife in the truck, family of five in the truck, trailer 6500lbs gross or less

HangDiver

It baffles me why a truck equiped to tow a trailer (Tow Package, ITBC, Class IV hitch, 3.73 rear axle) would come with a 23 gallon gas tank...
Edit: That is a nicely equiped truck with almost 1800lbs payload.

Bjkb1f

Pretty much this. Mine on paper is similar, but you have about 100 lbs more payload than me. Our TT weighs in ready to camp just under 7,000 lbs. I have the same options as you and didn't have to add anything other than a weight distributing hitch to the camper.

smokeywren

You have:
2017 F-150 Lariat 502A
5.0L engine
Trailer tow pkg
Trailer tow mirrors
integrated trailer brake controller
GVWR 7,000
Max payload 1,766

Your limiter as to max trailer weight you can tow without exceeding any of Ford's weight limits is probably GVWR, or more specifically, payload capacity available for hitch weight. But no one knows the payload capacity available for hitch weight of your truck loaded with your family and stuff. The max payload on the door sticker is almost useless for guestimating the payload capacity available for hitch weight. So to get a decent estimate of the max trailer weight you can tow, you must load the truck with everybody and everything that will be in it when towing, 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 payload capacity available for hitch weight.

Next we must do some junior-high math to convert the payload capacity available for hitch weight to max trailer weight you can tow without exceeding any of Ford's weight limits.

Subtract another 100 pounds from the payload capacity available for hitch weight to get the payload capacity available for tongue weight (TW). That 100 pounds is the weight for a good weight-distributing/sway-control hitch such as the Equal-I-Zer 4P or Blue Ox SwayPro or Reese Strait-Line trunnion.

Divide the payload capacity available for TW by 13% and the answer is the max weight of any properly-loaded TT you want to tow.

Sorry, but there are no shortcuts if you want a good estimate of the max trailer weight you can tow. You won't find the answer in any online source or in a Ford document. Nobody on any of the RV and towing websites can give you a good answer unless they know the wet and loaded weight of YOUR wet and loaded F-150.

Boozehound

Thank you Smokey.