I gave up. Can my new TV handle this...

KillerIsMe wrote:
I bought an F150 today. It's a 5.0 XLT, tow package, blah blah blah. Anyways, the Ford has a 9000 lb. tow capacity and 2067 lb. payload (from the sticker). So I'm pretty confident in it. Now when Mrs. Killer saw the truck capacities she decided we can go up a weight step trailer-wise. She decided she loves, loves, loves the Venture Sonic SN210VRD. You can Google it if you like but the key stats are: GVWR 5200, dry hitch 430, but the one that concerns me is the trailer length of 25'5". Do you folks with some experience think the 5.0 can tow that length/weight? Truck is a 145" wheelbase.

That Venture Sonic 210VRD will tow quite nicely behind your new F150 provided you use a correctly sized and adjusted weight distribution hitch such as an Equal-i-zer or Blue Ox Sway Pro. However, a couple of things I notice about that Sonic - it's only 90" wide and has no slide, a show stopper for many these days when most trailers have at least one slide. Secondly, it has a short queen bed when many manufacturers are now finally fitting full length 80" queen beds. Most trailers with just a sofa and no dinette usually come with a supplied stand alone table but we've found them to be way too big, way too heavy, and always in the way so we instead use a couple of light weight TV tables those times we may want to eat inside - much easier. Also, what appears to be not a lot of galley counter space we'd consider a negative as well. You might want to compare this trailer against similar models from other manufacturers, the Coachmen Freedom Express 204RD being an example - a full 8' wide, full length 80" queen bed, and a decent amount of galley counter space. Just food for thought. ;)