2013 F150 Towing?

You should be fine. I have a 2011 with the 5.0 and 373 gears my trailer has a 7400 lb dry weight, the truck pulls it fine and has more than enough power. I don't find the truck to be sluggish at all. IMO

Bears Den wrote:
If you check your owner's manuel you will have the engine size and rear end size with towing capabilities. I tow a 6100# travel trailer with my ecoboost F 150 and tow package and still have room to grow if I wanted to.

I tow the same TT with the Sam truck...no problems at all.

Sure it will work great! You might need to lock out overdrive while towing though. By locking out the top two overdrives, your engine speed will be plenty high enough to keep your truck and trailer moving along with all the other traffic.

Fred.

Yes you can IF the trailer only weighs 6900 lbs

Don't do it.
You won't be a happy camper

jack L

APT wrote:
7000 pounds dry TT is pushing the limits for the most capable half ton, of which you do not own.

Confirm you have the HD towing package, recevier, 7-pin wiring harness. Also verify your axle code/ratio on the driver's door jam is 3.55. If so, then 6k dry is a fairly good comfortable limit for most half tons including yours.

No, he doesn't have the Max Tow or HD Payload package as his tow capacity is only 7500# and MaxTow is not avail with the 5L V8 and HD payload is as rare as hen's teeth. My guess is his GVWR is 7350# and GCWR is 13500#. And his max possible payload would be 1570# but yellow sticker will be less 'cause of factory options.

7000 pounds dry TT is pushing the limits for the most capable half ton, of which you do not own.

Confirm you have the HD towing package, recevier, 7-pin wiring harness. Also verify your axle code/ratio on the driver's door jam is 3.55. If so, then 6k dry is a fairly good comfortable limit for most half tons including yours.

You need to post all the specs on your F150 to really know where you stand. Remaining payload is the very first thing you need to look at and you’d need to weigh the TV to know that. If the TT doesn’t exceed any ratings it will pull it. I don’t have any experience with that much weight, but from reading these posts for a long time my feeling is you will looking for a bigger TV in a short time. The flats may be OK, but any grades will not be a fun experience.

Rear gears do make a difference for towing as it shows in the tow guide. If Ford thought you could tow 11,000lbs with 3.15's then it would say that. IMO the issue is overall performance. Starting out would be sluggish compared to 3.73's, Keeping the load moving would also put a strain on the drive train. Less overall responsiveness with the 3.15's. Sure you could tow in 4th and more than likely it would be like 5th or 6th with 3.73's. But stomp on the gas and it won't have the same snappy feeling as 3.73's in a higher gear.

IMO the biggest set back will be trying to get that 6900lbs moving if you're on any kind of incline. If you're starting out on a hill and have to get up to 55-60mph it will take a lot of grunt to get all that moving with 3.15's.

You are right, have it confused with my mustang.