F150 - Over GVWR
Wife keeps wanting to buy a travel trailer and I keep telling her we have to get a small one. Like oil and water. So like so many other threads, here's my situation: 2011 F150 AWD 6.2L v8 3.73 ...
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AndrewM wrote:
Wife keeps wanting to buy a travel trailer and I keep telling her we have to get a small one. Like oil and water. So like so many other threads, here's my situation:
2011 F150 AWD
6.2L v8
3.73 axle
tow package with receiver, integrated brake controller, trans cooler (not max tow or HD payload)
22" wheels
Michelin Premier LTX tires 285/45R22 (2601 lb load rating)
GVWR: 7350 lbs
F&R GAWR: 3850 lbs
GCWR: 13500 lbs
Scaled weights with full tank of fuel, wife, and misc stuff in the bed. Pretty close to what it would weight ready to camp, minus the WD hitch.
Steer axle: 3780 lbs
Drive axle: 3100 lbs
Gross weight: 6880 lbs
That only leaves me 470 lbs available payload for tongue weight and hitch. Other than a tiny TT or popup, no way I'm going to stay under that. But I am 750 lbs under the RGAWR. If I aim to say under my axle ratings, my options open up some. Thoughts on exceeding my GVWR by ~300 lbs but not exceeding any other ratings?? It will just be the wife and I. Kids are grown. And this will be a temporary solution because she wants a MUCH bigger trailer. Dually territory big.
SouthpawHD wrote:
How do only have 470 pounds of available payload? Seems low to me. What is the payload per the yellow sticker?
Also, verify your owner's manual about a full tank of fuel, I know some manufacturers say that is already included before calculating what is available (per the sticker).
Also, maybe you could take some stuff out of the bed of your truck to give you some more capacity. The 6.2L motor is quite capable to tow, now you just need to give your suspension a chance to tow it.
Really doesn't matter what the Yellow sticker states!!
The OP did things the correct way, loaded the truck as ready to camp then headed to the scales, and had the truck weighed!!
Then subtracted the scale weight from the trucks listed GVWR, getting available payload.
AndrewM, I wish we could get first post like this all the time makes answering questions much easier!
Even at 750# you will not find a lot of TT that you will be happy with.
See what you can do to get a bigger TV, depending on DW desires, either a 350/3500 SRW, or really cover 99 percent of your bases with a 350/3500 DRW.
