Irfman2000@yahoo.com

Has anyone used a Trailer Toad on your truck? For anyone that doesnt know what it is, it's basically a hitch extension on wheels that hitches to your truck and then your trailer hitches to the back of that. It keeps all of the tongue weight on the trailer. I have a 35ft 8780lb loaded travel trailer and my hitch weight is 1180 lbs. Towing it with my 18 F150 with 3.73 rear end with the 5.0 engine Im trying to reduce the wear and tear on my truck even though I'm using a WDH. I figured this is the only other and cheaper alternative then trading it in on an F250/350. Let me know what you think. Thanks.

http://www.trailertoad.com just Google or type in the link in your url.

PARIAH

There are many of these things bearing many different manufacture names. I'm guessing you've watched all the YouTube stuff? Were it me, I'd get the 250.

Simnut

Sorry, misread it ............

old_programmer

I think I've seen pics of someone who uses/used a toad on the forum here. Maybe they will chime in.

jeffinthebag

Google it. There was a guy who had a king ranch or something with a low payload capacity. He was hauling around a track car in a 20 something foot aluminum enclosed trailer.
He wrote allot about it here. Trailer toads are real good but cost a pretty penny.

BACK2GAS

Very cool! Thanks for sharing. Could be a solution for many. Some of the payloads of our trucks are ridiculously low. It's shameful in some ways. Engineers can certainly do a better job at giving us some usable payloads. I worked in England for about 6 months a few years back. The Ford Ranger they had at a ranch I visited had 1200kg of payload which was over 2400 lbs.!!! In fact they don't have many "full-size" trucks in general. Mostly small trucks with massive payloads.

PerryB

If you're going to trade up for payload/towing capacity, skip the 250 and get a 350. The payload difference is huge and the cost difference is small.

ifallsron

I see it a lot in my area with large RVs pulling trailers with dragsters or other race cars.

BlackBoost

While they are very expensive, I suppose it would be cheaper in the end when you consider the higher cost of a similarly equipped F250 and the extra fuel it would use even when not towing...

Irfman2000@yahoo.com

That's what I was thinking. If I decided to trade my 150 Lariat in for a 350, I'd probably pay 10-12k difference. I'll take a huge hit on depreciation especially with my truck being stickered st 63k. I just turned 2k miles a few days ago and I've had this truck since April. My trailer is 34ft long, so that trailer toad would add another 2-2.5 ft.