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Rlisby
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Jul 20, 2018

Weight total for trailer and hitch on F150

Hi, I have been pulling my hair out for a week trying to make sure I have the correct weight I can haul and the total hitch weight and hitch payload weight.
Could someone please verify these numbers or correction them.
Pickup
2016 F150
145” wheel base
5.0 V8
6 Speed with Tow mode
XLT
3.73 electronic RR axle
Trailer Tow Package

?????
GCWR 16200
Curb weight 4850
Max trailer weight 10800
Max payload 1787
  • OP, is the factory tow package the Max Tow package or just the regular tow package?
  • If that's the truck you own now and plan to use for towing, I'd suggest taking it to a scale. Load it up with all pets, passengers, and "stuff" you'd take on a camping trip, plus a full tank of fuel and subtract that wt. from the GVWR on the door pillar sticker. That way you will get an actual number for available payload left over to handle the tongue wt. of a TT. Ignore "towing capacity" or "GCWR" figures. Payload capacity is the important number for towing a TT.

    Ignore any and all dry weights listed by the various TT manufacturers. They ALWAYS go up and sometimes by a lot. Also, CCC numbers can be misleading and inflated.

    Once you have your available payload capacity for handling tongue wt., you can confidently go TT shopping. Tongue wts. are typically in the 12-13% range but can be up to 15% (like us). To ensure you can handle a particular TT, take your truck's available payload capacity and divide that by 13%. Then compare that to the TT's GVWR rating. Some TTs have higher CCC's and you may be able to handle a heavier TT in some cases but until you own it and can take it to a scale, you won't know for certain.
  • I would go out this afternoon and trade in the 150 on an F450 dually.....Get the Platinum or King Ranch version..........your trailer specs matter not, even if it's an 8' box popup.......at least not on an RV forum.
  • Rlisby wrote:
    Hi, I have been pulling my hair out for a week trying to make sure I have the correct weight I can haul and the total hitch weight and hitch payload weight.
    Could someone please verify these numbers or correction them.
    Pickup
    2016 F150
    145” wheel base
    5.0 V8
    6 Speed with Tow mode
    XLT
    3.73 electronic RR axle
    Trailer Tow Package

    ?????
    GCWR 16200
    Curb weight 4850
    Max trailer weight 10800
    Max payload 1787


    You are missing the max reciever WDH tongue weight capacity, which is printed on the receiver.
  • Rlisby wrote:
    Hi, I have been pulling my hair out for a week trying to make sure I have the correct weight I can haul and the total hitch weight and hitch payload weight.
    Could someone please verify these numbers or correction them.
    Pickup
    2016 F150
    145” wheel base
    5.0 V8
    6 Speed with Tow mode
    XLT
    3.73 electronic RR axle
    Trailer Tow Package

    ?????
    GCWR 16200
    Curb weight 4850
    Max trailer weight 10800
    Max payload 1787


    Verify how? :h You haven't provided any info about the trailer you want to tow. :)