Approval or Disapproval of setup
I know we have so many here that know there stuff. I wanted to post what I'm doing and a few photos to see what you all think. Truck: 2013 F150, Ecoboost Max Tow, 7700GVW, 1800 pounds payload, 11...
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WENT TO THE SCALE
First, thank you souraider for the feedback.
Thanks to gijoecam for the spreadsheet. It is very nice. However, I went to the quarry scale that couldn't give me all the data needed to use the spreadsheet fully. I will stop at a CAT scale when on a trip and loaded up to get more accurate numbers.
The scale would not do axles, so...Here's what I do have to give me ballparks right now.
First pass, the entire rig = 12,180
Pulled truck off the scale completely, and trailer axles were 5,080
Second pass, truck alone, including 36g fuel and me (300) without hitch = 6,320
12,180 - 5080 = 7,100 truck and tongue weight (7700gvw). Subtract the 6,320 of truck alone, and we get 780 of tongue.
Take the tongue of 780 add it to the 5080 of the trailer axles and you get 5,860 for the trailer unhooked with WDH.
I'm left with 600 pounds of payload. Add the following:
150 child
150 child
180 wife
75 dog
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555 total
Leaves 45 pounds. Incidentals in the truck cab with us will eat that up.
The trailer is about half loaded for trips, so tongue weight will go up some. I also want to put large but light items in the truck bed (maybe 100 pounds total).
Looks like I'm all on top of my payload limits and will likely travel a few hundred over GVW, but towing roughly half of the tow limit.
Is my math right? Any thoughts are appreciated.
First, thank you souraider for the feedback.
Thanks to gijoecam for the spreadsheet. It is very nice. However, I went to the quarry scale that couldn't give me all the data needed to use the spreadsheet fully. I will stop at a CAT scale when on a trip and loaded up to get more accurate numbers.
The scale would not do axles, so...Here's what I do have to give me ballparks right now.
First pass, the entire rig = 12,180
Pulled truck off the scale completely, and trailer axles were 5,080
Second pass, truck alone, including 36g fuel and me (300) without hitch = 6,320
12,180 - 5080 = 7,100 truck and tongue weight (7700gvw). Subtract the 6,320 of truck alone, and we get 780 of tongue.
Take the tongue of 780 add it to the 5080 of the trailer axles and you get 5,860 for the trailer unhooked with WDH.
I'm left with 600 pounds of payload. Add the following:
150 child
150 child
180 wife
75 dog
-------
555 total
Leaves 45 pounds. Incidentals in the truck cab with us will eat that up.
The trailer is about half loaded for trips, so tongue weight will go up some. I also want to put large but light items in the truck bed (maybe 100 pounds total).
Looks like I'm all on top of my payload limits and will likely travel a few hundred over GVW, but towing roughly half of the tow limit.
Is my math right? Any thoughts are appreciated.
