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cman88
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Jun 02, 2013

2013 f150 Ecoboost is a Tracer 3150BHD to much??

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.
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  • mister_d's avatar
    mister_d
    Explorer
    Jun 02, 2013
    cman88 wrote:
    No max tow or hd package. Truck GVWR is 7200 lbs going by whats on the door card.


    According to Ford's site (if I'm reading it right) your max payload is 1520, GCWR is 15500, and max tow weight is 9600.
  • cman88's avatar
    cman88
    Explorer
    Jun 02, 2013
    Kevin O. wrote:
    What are the specs on your truck? Do you have the Max Tow or HD payload package? That trailer has a GVWR of 9700lbs. Not that you will load the trailer to it's max rating but once loaded it realistically will be around 8500-9000lbs. If you figure 12% of that for tongue weight your looking at about 1050lbs +/-..
    The easiest thing to do is to load up your truck with the family, full tank of fuel and whatever gear you would throw in the bed of the truck for a camping trip. Now go to your local Cat scale and have your truck weighed. Take that # and subtract it from your trucks GVWR. Whatever you have left is for your trailers tongue weight.


    No max tow or hd package. Truck GVWR is 7200 lbs going by whats on the door card.

    I figure our family with dog= 550lbs and 150 lbs gear max. Anywhere online I find out what my truck weighs?
  • Kevin_O_'s avatar
    Kevin_O_
    Explorer
    Jun 02, 2013
    What are the specs on your truck? Do you have the Max Tow or HD payload package? That trailer has a GVWR of 9700lbs. Not that you will load the trailer to it's max rating but once loaded it realistically will be around 8500-9000lbs. If you figure 12% of that for tongue weight your looking at about 1050lbs +/-..
    The easiest thing to do is to load up your truck with the family, full tank of fuel and whatever gear you would throw in the bed of the truck for a camping trip. Now go to your local Cat scale and have your truck weighed. Take that # and subtract it from your trucks GVWR. Whatever you have left is for your trailers tongue weight.
  • mister_d's avatar
    mister_d
    Explorer
    Jun 02, 2013
    2012Oudoorsman wrote:
    The above towing of 5500 is not correct for your truck. You have the best axle ratio and engine ford offers in the f150. Should be alright but you will be close on payload. What's your payload. Also trailer is really long your deft going to want a good hitch


    ^this x2 although they do offer the 4.10 axle I believe
  • 2012Oudoorsman's avatar
    2012Oudoorsman
    Explorer
    Jun 02, 2013
    The above towing of 5500 is not correct for your truck. You have the best axle ratio and engine ford offers in the f150. Should be alright but you will be close on payload. What's your payload. Also trailer is really long your deft going to want a good hitch
  • SAR_Tracker's avatar
    SAR_Tracker
    Explorer
    Jun 02, 2013
    From the Car and Driver review for your truck:

    TRAILERING
    Dead Weight Hitch - Max Trailer Wt. 5000 lbs
    Dead Weight Hitch - Max Tongue Wt. 500 lbs
    Wt Distributing Hitch - Max Trailer Wt. 5500 lbs
    Wt Distributing Hitch - Max Tongue Wt. 825 lbs
    Maximum Trailering Capacity N/A lbs

    No.

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