Am I towing too much weight?

Tom-n-Holly wrote:
Since the question has been raised, let me ask this:

We have started the paperwork on a toy hauler that has a base weight of 6700 lbs. We have a 2013 Ford F-150 Supercrew that is rated to pull 11300 lbs. The GVWR for the toy hauler is 10000.

Am I biting off more than I can chew?

IMHO.. You are very very close... Depending on the toy hauler lay out you can end up with 15-20% tongue weight.... IMHO .... If you buy the toy hauler and load it up close to GVWR (that's not hard to do BTW) you may be looking at a SuperDuty.

Remember that the the component on the truck that runs out of capacity first is your true limit.

Half tons run out of payload and receiver capacity way before they run out of tow capacity. HD trucks can have the opposit problem... They can run out of tow rating before they run out of payload. I have been on both sides of this coin.

My F150 was under all weights buy had a noodle for a receiver... With the WD bars attached you could see the receiver flex. My F350 had 4,000 ish lbs of payload but about 10,000 lb tow rating... That was fine for my TT... But if I needed to pull my friends 14k Montana fifth wheel I couldn't...at least on paper...

Please Be careful...please choose wisely

Thanks!

Jeremiah