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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I was looking at the wildwood x-lite 261BHXL. Dry hitch weight 434 and unloaded weight 4314lbs.
PUCampin wrote:JordanH wrote:
I would check the dry weight on the trailer because the manufacture list my trailer as having a gvw of 7492 lbs, while its dry weight is only 4348 lbs. Thats a cargo capacity of 3144 lbs, I really cant see me having the cc this high. This may or may not be the case for you as well.
I agree. If OP can tell us what TT they have in mind, maybe we can help a little more. Having over 3000lbs of cargo capacity in the trailer is the exception, it does happen, usually for the shortest trailer on the next size up frame and axles. With a 450lbs dry tongue weight, it may actually be the case. More often than not the trailer has a low cargo capacity and just adding normal stuff and water puts it at its max which is why most of us default to that position without more details.
I still feel they would be best served with a 7700lbs or 8200lbs GVWR F-150 which will have enough capacity to keep loading and towing from being too stressful.
