Olotti76

I'm looking for a truck knowing I'll need to upgrade my tt soon as kids and a dog and all the stuff are shrinking my 20' tt now. So I'm looking for a v8 5.0 with towing package and 3.73's as I'd rather not deal with any potential issues with the eb's during years of trucks I'm looking at 2012-14, so I'm looking at 2012 fx4's or rarer to find 13-14's xlt's with 3.73. My budget puts me at about 26k for the truck because there'll be tax, title etc putting the truck at 28k plus. So looking at tt's what's the max weight I should be looking for to be safe so I can focus my looking so I don't over expend the truck. And as far as payload In the truck there will be about 700#'s now with me, wife, kids who will grow as they're only 3 and 5 yrs old plus a 40 lb dog. It'll be a bumper pull tt so I also have to figure tongue and hitch weight too with a wdh and sway system plus gas etc. let me know if I'm missing anything here

BRUTE448

preferably 6500# or less with a XLT 3.73 5.0. i dont know if ford made and 5.0 super crew HDPP but if they did thats ur ticket.

honestly thou, if you found a 2014 3.5 eco xlt max tow with the 7700 gcwr id jump on it as itll put all day long and have a higher payload. but if 5.0 is a must then a lightly optioned XLT witll net the most payload with decent options

5.0GN tow

Depends on what options you need. Check for stx 4x4s. Other than power seats its a lightly optioned xlt with rubber floors and has higher payloads. They have power windows, doors, mirrors are electic and heated. The seats are the xlt cloth but no power although they have manual lumbar support adjustment.

5.0GN tow

Double post oops

BRUTE448

To the OP, xx what ^^ he said, i forgot you can get an STX with super crew in 2014 models. I'd 100 percent go that route as STX model trucks are higher payload for the most part!

Olotti76

As far as options I'm pretty simplistic. I just want the backup cam with LCD screen, towing package, cloth seats are fine, I'd like the e locker if I can find it, 4x4 and sure power windows and such but that's really all I need.

5.0GN tow

Back up cam and much better stereo is an easy fix for aftermarket if a truck has all else you need. That is what I did on my 16 f350

atwowheelguy

It will all depend on the numbers on the sticker on the driver's door. My '13 XLT 3.5 EB has a payload of 1607 lbs. It has 112,000 miles on it. It's had no mechanical engine problems so far. Replaced one boost sensor and one windshield wiper switch. Replaced brake pads all around and front rotors when they wore out.



In this case,
1607 - 700 family - 50 for kids future wt. gain - 40 dog - 100 wt. dist. hitch = 717 remaining for tongue weight.

717/0.13 = 5515 lb. loaded camper (Assumes 13% tongue wt.)

300 lbs. water
40 lbs. propane
46 lbs. battery
300 lbs. grills, tools, jacks, hoses, power cords, chairs, fans, etc.
300 lbs. for food, toiletries, other junk
50 lbs for clothes and linens
986 lbs. of stuff

You have to estimate how much stuff you will bring. But you're already camping in the 20 ft. camper, so surely you have already taken it across the scales and know how much stuff you bring.

5515 - 986 = This leaves 4529 for "dry weight".

My toy hauler is carrying 2295 lbs. of cargo. About 1000 lbs. of that is motorcycles and tools. Because it is a toy hauler, I can move most of the cargo to wherever I want it. I was able to get the tongue weight down to 10.7%.



Payload is king. The 5.0 will tow a 5500 lb. camper just fine, but you'll have to be careful not to overload the chassis or the rear axle and exceed the GVWR or the GAWR. Look here for GCWR limits. http://www.fleet.ford.com/towing-guides/

2014 GCWR limits.

Norotso

I've been very pleased with my '12 EB. Our TT is about 6200 loaded and gvwr of 6700 and thought I know the truck could handle more probably wouldn't want to go beyond what I pull now. That being said we have also pulled through lots of 10k+ passes and long distance vacations

chimmike

Haven't you already had 2 different threads on this, OP?
Pretty sure all of this was explained verbatim in both those threads.