Can my 01 f150 tow a jay flight 29bhs???
I want to know if I can safely buy an older 05 jayflight 29bhs and continue to use my 2001 f150 supercrew 4.6l? I already have a brake controller. I will use a weight distribution hitch and anti ...
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Here is the 2005 Jayco Brochure
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The 5600 lbs is a brochure weight...this camper will be at around 5,800-6,000 lbs before you add your stuff to the camper... I packed my TT pretty light (just like everyone says)...clothes, food, grill, bikes, cooler...and I added 1600 lbs to my TT ready to camp...
Let's say you get 6500 lbs loaded, that's going to be nearly 850-900 lbs of tongue weight...can you stay around payload with this much tongue weight? Is your bed going to be 100% empty? How much weight are you and the family, and their electronics/toys that are going to be in the truck?
All this stuff adds up
I am a huge modular motor fan and I have a 4.6 in my 2000 Lincoln Town Car... But yours has 230 HP compared to my 1997 F150 that had a 5.4 which had 235 hp...I comfortably pulled a 31ft TT weighing 6500-7,000 lbs loaded comfortably.
I think as long as you are willing to turn the revs up to 4,000-5,000 on grades when needed you should be able to maintain 55-60 mph pretty well...just prepare yourself mentally, this bad boy is going to need RPM's to power up these grades.
Last few things...make sure you have a transmission cooler,and make sure you have 3.55 axle ratios minimum...3.31's are a pain pulling a TT with this motor.
Summary, check and stay within your capacities...I think the motor will be fine as long as you let it work the way it was designed to.
Thanks!
Jeremiah
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The 5600 lbs is a brochure weight...this camper will be at around 5,800-6,000 lbs before you add your stuff to the camper... I packed my TT pretty light (just like everyone says)...clothes, food, grill, bikes, cooler...and I added 1600 lbs to my TT ready to camp...
Let's say you get 6500 lbs loaded, that's going to be nearly 850-900 lbs of tongue weight...can you stay around payload with this much tongue weight? Is your bed going to be 100% empty? How much weight are you and the family, and their electronics/toys that are going to be in the truck?
All this stuff adds up
I am a huge modular motor fan and I have a 4.6 in my 2000 Lincoln Town Car... But yours has 230 HP compared to my 1997 F150 that had a 5.4 which had 235 hp...I comfortably pulled a 31ft TT weighing 6500-7,000 lbs loaded comfortably.
I think as long as you are willing to turn the revs up to 4,000-5,000 on grades when needed you should be able to maintain 55-60 mph pretty well...just prepare yourself mentally, this bad boy is going to need RPM's to power up these grades.
Last few things...make sure you have a transmission cooler,and make sure you have 3.55 axle ratios minimum...3.31's are a pain pulling a TT with this motor.
Summary, check and stay within your capacities...I think the motor will be fine as long as you let it work the way it was designed to.
Thanks!
Jeremiah
