Can I pull this travel trailer?

2112 wrote:
Your payload is 1351. According to flagstaff's website, the 29bhsd dry weight is 7700lbs and dry hitch weight of 1095lbs. The dry hitch weight is 14.23 percent (7700 X 0.1423 = 1095)
Hitch weight = 1095
Wife = 120
WDHitch = 120
Total = 1335
1351 - 1335 = 16 lbs remaining

You reached your payload limit before you put anything other than your wife in the truck or trailer. There are stickers on the trailer you are looking at with real, scaled values. They may state less weights. The WDH you select may be lighter as well. Use those for your calculations.

I believe your rear axle limit (RAWR) is 3900lbs. The question is how much of that 1335lbs is applied to your rear axle? The weight distribution hitch will move some of that to the front axles. How much axle margin is left?

Another question is what is your truck hitch rating? You may exceed its weight limit as well once you add items in the trailer.

I'm going to say this trailer is too heavy for your truck. And notice none of this considers how much weight the truck can pull. It has everything to do with how much weight the truck can carry.

You forgot the driver. For the payload calculation, it is the weight of all passengers.

If you are going to be at max payload, or very close, I would replace the P rated tires with LT tires as well. Firmer firewall for more stability.

Had a co-worker who has a 10K trailer he was pulling with a max tow package F150 eco-boost. He had to make various accommodations, such as never towing with less than a half tank of gas. Added Timbrens, still had P rated tires. Had a white knuckle experience, and wife decided that was it. He's now the proud owner of a F-250 with bells and whistles that have bells and whistles.

I like the dealer that wouldn't sell it to him.

Mike