hep for brother

Here's a link to an online tow guide for Ford PU's of that model year- depending on which model he has, your brother's tow capacity looks to be somewhat higher than you might think.

geekyguru wrote:
My brother is getting into the tt life. Anyhow he has a 2011 f150 v6. I looked up his gvcw and its 10400 lbs. After his wife and hitch i fig. 250 lbs. I assume his truck is 5500 ish lbs. Anyhow i told him to lok around 2700 -3000k lbs dry.
Are there any models that arent pop ups that are that light?
Oddly his payload is 1439.
Any info is appreciated.
I asked him to go weigh his truck with a full tank and him in it forma bttr number. I just wanna make sure he wont exceed 10400 lbs whe he is going down the road.
Thx

Payload is the KEY.

1439 is what is available for your passenger and gear weight in the vehicle PLUS your tongue weight.

If you take 400 lbs off for passenger and other gear in the vehicle you get 1039 lbs left for the TONGUE WEIGHT.

Working backwards with 1039 lbs for tongue weight assuming 10% for the tongue weight of the trailer that would give you a trailer of 10,390 lbs.

However it is better to have 12%-15% tongue weight so we recalculate that as 8,658 lbs for 12% and 6,926 lbs for 15%.

Your brother should be OK with a trailer weighing 7K lbs-8.6K lbs LOADED.

That would be trailers weighing 6K-7K empty IF YOU PACK LIGHTLY(but who REALLY tows empty?).

Others will disagree but the cargo weight is the limiting factor...

Keep the trailer GVWR within the real v-6 tow rating and you should be fine.
Don't expect to also haul a cord of firewood and a couple motorcycles in the bed.

smkettner wrote:
Keep the trailer GVWR within the real v-6 tow rating and you should be fine.
Don't expect to also haul a cord of firewood and a couple motorcycles in the bed.

his max tow is 5500 lbs with gvcw of 10400. That will exceed his payload

I would advise him to ignore dry weights and look at gvwr instead. Nobody drags around a completely empty trailer. Have him ask ford what the tow rating for his truck is, advise him that all weight counts toward that rating and realize he will be looking at very small trailers

I would advise him to ignore dry weights and look at gvwr instead. Nobody drags around a completely empty trailer. Have him ask ford what the tow rating for his truck is, advise him that all weight counts toward that rating and realize he will be looking at very small trailers. He didn't buy a tow vehicle for more.

His tow is 5500 .. I checked it out for em

Is this the base V6 or the EcoBoost V6 with the twin turbo? There is a huge difference.

Base v6

GCWR 10k? Base V6. I don't think he'll be too happy towing any high walled RV with it. In his case, perceived performance is his limit, not payload.