I found a TT 26ft, 7600gvw and dry hitch 450lbs.not sure how big of a truck I need. i did find a 2011 f150 5.0 fx4 gcvw of 15,100lbs. GVW 7350 and payload 1560. With tow package. It is too small?

I towed a similar TT with my previous 2011 F150 FX4 Ecoboost / 7700GVWR, the truck itself was quite well matched with that TT, however with a standard F150 you'll run out of payload pretty quick if you pack heavy or have much for passengers with a TT that size. I towed my setup around 20k km's without any issue and very happily too.

The dry hitch weight is meaningless.Let's pretend that you fully load the trailer to it's 7600 lbs. Your hitch weight will be around 1000 lbs. That only leaves about 600 lbs of payload for everything except you in the truck...Probably..hopefully you won't load your trailer to the max, but it does happen. I think you are probably ok with the towing end of it, but are going to be close, with very little margin on the PAYLOAD side of it all.Good luck with it.

I see you have a f250, did you upgrade to tow the trailer?alexleblanc wrote:I towed a similar TT with my previous 2011 F150 FX4 Ecoboost / 7700GVWR, the truck itself was quite well matched with that TT, however with a standard F150 you'll run out of payload pretty quick if you pack heavy or have much for passengers with a TT that size. I towed my setup around 20k km's without any issue and very happily too.

This forum will be quick to suggest a 3/4 or 1 ton truck, however that F-150 will be within it's towing limits, and should tow it well. A larger truck will tow it better, but you should not have any issues.

It also depends on where you will be towing. If most of the time you will be a "flat lander" then probably no worries. Get in the mountains and especially on a windy day and it will be another story. I live in the West and the rule of thumb that I learned was there should be a 20% margin between your gvw and the max. I tow a similar size rig with an F350 Dually which is definitely overkill, but I'm darned glad of it on a high mountain road with an 8-10% grade. I would hate to tow this with less than an F250.

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jaycocreek
Explorer II
Apr 24, 2014
I've seen three truck/travel trailer bad wrecks that I remember, one just recently that had a fatality and it was a 3/4 ton pulling a 26ft trailer, not that it matters because all of them were OPERATOR ERROR not vehicle error.
Tystevens
Explorer
Apr 24, 2014
goducks10 wrote:
PAThwacker wrote:
I camp in PA state parks. Yes, 8 lug rule the roost in the megalopolus northeast. Does not matter where or on the road. I have seen plenty FLIPPED halfton over the years.

Maybe they need to come out to Oregon and learn how to tow with a 1/2 ton. In all my years (45) of driving around I can't even count on one hand how many TT's I've seen flipped. Let alone towed with a 1/2 ton.

What an erroneous statement.

No doubt. I've seen a whole lot of 1/2 tons going up and down the road, or parked happily in the campground. I can't recall even a single 1/2 ton I've seen flipped over on the road. But I did learn to drive in Oregon, and I've never been East of Colorado (on the roads, at least); maybe the East Coast drivers are worse? :h
goducks10
Explorer
Apr 24, 2014
PAThwacker wrote:
I camp in PA state parks. Yes, 8 lug rule the roost in the megalopolus northeast. Does not matter where or on the road. I have seen plenty FLIPPED halfton over the years.

Maybe they need to come out to Oregon and learn how to tow with a 1/2 ton. In all my years (45) of driving around I can't even count on one hand how many TT's I've seen flipped. Let alone towed with a 1/2 ton.

What an erroneous statement.
pappcam
Explorer
Apr 24, 2014
PAThwacker wrote:
I camp in PA state parks. Yes, 8 lug rule the roost in the megalopolus northeast. Does not matter where or on the road. I have seen plenty FLIPPED halfton over the years.

This post is a pretty good example of what's wrong with this place sometimes.

The 3/4 ton or better crowd post things as if it's fact when it's very far from being so.

A 1/2 ton can tow a trailer with no problem.
PAThwacker
Explorer
Apr 24, 2014
Many camper special 3/4 to one ton srw are running around with factory matched caps and tow mirrors. Some are even used to commute............
PAThwacker
Explorer
Apr 24, 2014
I camp in PA state parks. Yes, 8 lug rule the roost in the megalopolus northeast. Does not matter where or on the road. I have seen plenty FLIPPED halfton over the years.
Ncm86
Explorer
Apr 24, 2014
So far after looking at all the xlt's and fx4's i can find, i have found one FX4 with a payload of 1560
usmc616
Explorer
Apr 24, 2014
We have 4 kids, never towed with a p/u, always a SUV. Started with a 1500 Suburban and then moved up to a 6.8 liter Excursion.
What we learned is if you like camping you will definitely upgrade your TT and hence will need to upgrade your TV.
We tow our TT about 12 times a year and sometimes go several hundred miles so a 3/4 ton TV fits us best.
Ncm86
Explorer
Apr 24, 2014
Gvwr is the max the vehicle can weigh loaded. So the trailer loaded can't weigh more than 7600lbs. The TV loaded and trailer loaded can't weigh more than 15,000lbs combined.
fatboy66 wrote:
Ncm86 wrote:
I found a TT 26ft, 7600gvw and dry hitch 450lbs.not sure how big of a truck I need. i did find a 2011 f150 5.0 fx4 gcvw of 15,100lbs. GVW 7350 and payload 1560. With tow package. It is too small?

If I understand your numbers, the CGVWR of the TV is 15,001 lbs and your CGVW is 14,950 lbs w/o carrying anything...including gas. I think your TV is way outgunned.
fatboy66
Explorer
Apr 23, 2014
Ncm86 wrote:
I found a TT 26ft, 7600gvw and dry hitch 450lbs.not sure how big of a truck I need. i did find a 2011 f150 5.0 fx4 gcvw of 15,100lbs. GVW 7350 and payload 1560. With tow package. It is too small?

If I understand your numbers, the CGVWR of the TV is 15,001 lbs and your CGVW is 14,950 lbs w/o carrying anything...including gas. I think your TV is way outgunned.