Tow Weight of a F-150

I tried that once and it did not work out well. Yes you can tow it but can you stop it. I had 2 white knuckle trips pulling a 7200lb Jayco with a 2006 Chevy 1/2 ton. Truck was rated for 7700 but it wasn't fun. First of all if you have P rated tires it will tend to wander. Mine was always hunting for the right gear and mileage sucked. Moved up to my Duramax and never looked back.

You will be cutting yourself short. Travel trailers run about 13 percent tongue weight, fifth wheels run about 20 percent pin weight. The dry pin weight you quoted don't mean anything. Once loaded the pin on that fiver will weigh about 1800.

The Lefthander wrote:
The "Dry" Weight of the trailer is 7,669 lbs. and the hitch weight is 1321. According to the Specs. for the truck, the maximum towing capacity is 9500 lbs.

With the dry weights once you add all your stuff your going to be right at max for your truck orjust over I would say,can your truck do it probably .I went through this when we first started out,your truck will get tired very quickly.I Upgraded to F250 diesel best thing I ever did big difference good luck

He isn't talking about towing in the Blue Ridge.

Having spent a lot of time between Utah/Colorado and Yellow Knife, I say without hesitation that that is not enough truck.

therink wrote:

Rjdreyer wrote:
Easy answer is no. 1/2 ton will not make it with a fifth wheel across WV and the CO rockies

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Why???? It has the power, and IF he has a 7800 to 8200lb GVWR package, He has the payload.
Remember guys. Not all socalled 1/2 ton trucks are made the same. In truth. there is no such thing as a 1/2 ton truck any more. Have not been for years.

Rjdreyer wrote:
Easy answer is no. 1/2 ton will not make it with a fifth wheel across WV and the CO rockies

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Easy answer is no. 1/2 ton will not make it with a fifth wheel across WV and the CO rockies

This will help you out:
Fifth Wheel Weight Calculator
The difference between 9600 lb towing and 11,200 lb towing is mostly the 3.55 ratio versus the 3.73 for Max Tow. I believe the 2015 EB has more cooling and uses 3.55 for max towing now. It was never clear to me why the payload increased with the rear-end ratio.
The HD payload package uses heavier rear springs, HD shocks, heavier rear axle and E-rated tires.
More good info:
2015 Halt Ton Fifth Wheel Tow Ratings

If hitch weight is 1321 lbs.

Now look at the door jamb sticker & see what the listed "payload" is for your truck, AS BUILT.

You may be able to pull that heavy a trailer, but it is highly unlikely that your truck has the ability to carry that much weight. Look at the tire placard on the door column. It will look something like this:



For the posted example, the payload is 891 pounds (look at the small print right above where it says to "see the owner's manual for additional information".

Go take a look at your placard and see how much you have to work with. Now add up the weight of the driver and passengers, cargo, fifth wheel hitch, and fifth wheel pin weight. You can estimate a fifth wheel hitch weighs about 200 pounds. You can also estimate the pin weight at around 20-22% of the weight of the fifth wheel.

So let me do a little calculating. Let's say your FW hitch is 200 pounds, driver and passengers are 350#, cargo is 200#, and pin weight is 20% of the FW you are looking at is 1,720# (8,600 x .20). That all adds up to 2,470 pounds.

If the payload capacity of your F150 exceeds 2,470, you might be okay. You'll have to get more accurate measurements of the fifth wheel pin weight and make sure the other numbers I provided are close. Then, you'll need to do more math to see if the weight will exceed your real axle weigh rating (RAWR).

If your payload is not even close, which I suspect it's not, then you'll need to either get a more capable truck, look at a much lighter FW, or consider a bumper pull trailer.

Some folks will probably tell you that you can add airbags and the truck will pull level. That may be true, but it does not change the fact that you'll be exceeding your payload or RAWR.