Brake Pads
Does anyone here think it is necessary to have heavy duty brake pads on your truck while towing, and are there heavy duty brake pads available for an F-150 or F-250? I ask because at a recent routi...
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B.O. Plenty wrote:
Looks like a big load for an F-150. Have you weighed the trailer and matched the weight against the towing capacity of the truck? Trailer brakes don't do nearly as much as you would think they do.
B.O.
Larryzv7 wrote:
Everyone who sees my F-150 towing a 5th wheel says “it looks like a small truck to be towing a 5th wheel.” I have had this discussion many times; yes I have weighed my trailer and truck and I am at least 1,000 lbs. below my trucks towing capacity. The rear wheel ratio and echo-boost engine makes all the difference in the world, and I have been towing my 5th wheel for almost 5-years with this truck. I can go over mountain passes at 70mph without any strain whatsoever and most of the time it does not even feel like I am towing anything. I get between 9 to 11 mpg depending on how fast I drive. I like my rig combination very much and it really sets those with an F-250 or above back on their heels. Although I think I may benefit from some heavy duty brake pads.
P.S. My F-150 is an automatic and I usually use over-drive when towing. BTW, As a retired person I go out with my RV 2-weeks each month so I do a lot of towing, and I lived in my 5th wheel for 2-years, renting out my house, when I first got it.
The fact that the Eco-boost can pull a 10,000# 5er doesn't mean it does well at slowing or stopping the same!
The 3.5 is a small displacement engine so has limited engine braking.
You might thought to installing disk brakes on your 5er, and let it take more of the load.
