Found a TT, what tow vehicle do I need?
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?
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downtheroad wrote:Small correction if I may - payload numbers do NOT allow for a 150# driver, so the driver weight will be part of that 600#. I suspect the OP will max out that 7350# GVWR truck. The HD F150 (8200# GVWR) would be a better bet.
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.
The confusion is that "Max Tow Ratings" DO include a 150# driver in the truck (but nothing else).
