cman88 wrote:
Hey guys and gals, new to the forum and new to the trailer life in general.
I have a 2013 f150 fx4 screw with the ecoboost engine and the 3.73 gears. We've been looking at a couple travel trailers and the Prime Time Manufacturing Tracer Ultra Lite # 3150bhd has caught our eyes.
The trailer comes in at 6,955 lbs base weight and 706 lbs hitch weight. The sales guy says my truck will pull this without a problem as long as I use an equalizer hitch. I want to believe him but he knows we like the trailer and could be saying this just to make a sale?
We are a family of 4 with a small dog and are looking forward to camping, but don't want to be buying a trailer that's gonna be to much for my truck.
Here's a link to the Tracer 3150bhd
Tracer 3150bhd
Thanks.
In a nutshell IMO that is too much trailer or not enough truck for your particular family. Power wise you will be at your limits, but wt. wise I think you will be in trouble. Your family size, real tongue wt. of the trailer fully loaded and ready to go will most likely put you well over some #'s for your truck. Finally, at 34' that is a Looooooong trailer and while TV WB should be O.K. it's the gross wt. of the tow vehicle vs. the high wt. and length of the trailer that gives me pause. This could be mostly rectified by using a HA or Propride hitch. This last factor is best viewed as what would you rather have with a 34' long "SAIL" weighing 9K+ lbs "yanking" on the tail end of your tow vehicle ... a 7K vehicle or one close to 10K and IMO the 10K wins every time. This is a classic case of a HUGE TAIL attached to a realitively small dog. Envision a Chihuahua with a St. Bernard's tail running and then trying to make a sudden change in direction or it trying to run in a straight line in very high winds. That poor little Chihuahua is going to have it's work cut out for it trying to control that HUGE ST. BERNARD's TAIL.
Larry
