Crazy or Doable?
Catchy title, huh? Posted this over on one of the F150 forums I frequent but want an RV'er perspective. Assuming all goes well next year we are planning on the RV to go with our truck. So we went ...
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Ron Gratz wrote:itguy08 wrote:According to the 2011 F-150 Towing Guide, the maximum allowable tongue weight for a 2011 F-150 is 1130#.
So assuming a fully loaded trailer and a 15% tongue weight, that's 1278 lbs or 168lbs over max payload. That's worst case so I'm confident the #'s would be under on all accounts.!
You should check your TV's receiver to see if there is a sticker which can verify this rating.
When using a properly-sized and properly-adjusted WDH, a load equal to approximately 20% of tongue weight can be transferred to the TT's axles.
This means the vertical load imposed on the TV by the TT will be equal to about 80% of TW.
If your TW is 1130#, the vertical load on the TV can be about 900#.
To this, you must add about 100# for the weight of the WDH -- making the total added vertical load about 1000#.
Given your estimated 1100# of available payload, you would be left with 100# of remaining payload.
Ron
The TV will then likely be OVER the rear axle rating, as with only 150# between GVWR and total axle rating!
That F150 has a GVWR that is 98% of total axle rating.
Yep, tow over GVWR, but I have 1,284# of axle rating to go and 634# of that is on the rear axle.
