Ideas for a truck to pull 6500lb trailer?
I never had a trailer or a truck. I'm looking to buy a trailer that is about 6500lbs, but I need to buy a truck first. So many options and capacities and reliability issues, I have no idea what I s...
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Just make sure that "#6500" TT is it's loaded weight and not it's "dry weight"...
I tow a #7000 GVWR TT with a 13 F150 3.5 Ecoboost and it has plenty of power, but you do have to monitor the temps on it when pulling the grades..
Coolant temps rise pretty quick when you are working those turbos!
This is as much as I'd go with my truck.
$20K budget will mean you are looking at newer "work truck" level trucks or older trucks around 2013 or so if you want a little more luxury...
Any truck you get, you want the basic "tow package" at the minimum. This would include the hitch receiver, 7 pin connector, built in brake controller, etc..
I just got the new TT and have 2 trips on it, and learned a lot after it's first pull and I've been doing this RV thing since 2002 and towing trailers in general since I was 16 years old.
Here is the truck and new trailer. It's a 2019 Rockwood 2511s and weighs every bit of that #7000 GVWR after I loaded it up!
Good luck!
Mitch
I tow a #7000 GVWR TT with a 13 F150 3.5 Ecoboost and it has plenty of power, but you do have to monitor the temps on it when pulling the grades..
Coolant temps rise pretty quick when you are working those turbos!
This is as much as I'd go with my truck.
$20K budget will mean you are looking at newer "work truck" level trucks or older trucks around 2013 or so if you want a little more luxury...
Any truck you get, you want the basic "tow package" at the minimum. This would include the hitch receiver, 7 pin connector, built in brake controller, etc..
I just got the new TT and have 2 trips on it, and learned a lot after it's first pull and I've been doing this RV thing since 2002 and towing trailers in general since I was 16 years old.
Here is the truck and new trailer. It's a 2019 Rockwood 2511s and weighs every bit of that #7000 GVWR after I loaded it up!
Good luck!
Mitch
