Mountain Towing Experiences with 1/2 ton & TT
Hey all, My wife and I have a 2001 Ford F150 with the 7700# option for better towing. We purchased it from the only owner it has ever had who used it occasionally to pull a 27-foot 5th wheel. W...
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I pulled a 5,600# 22' TT for 4+ years with my 2006 F-150 SCab with the 5.4L all over the western states including a lot of serious mountain driving. If you keep your trailers gross weight at or under 6,000# you should be fine. Ignore your towing capacity as it is a joke. You will run out of payload way before you get anywhere near its rated tow capacity.
Lock out Overdrive whenever you are towing. It will save your brakes going down and your transmission going up. Make sure you have LT tires, P's are NOT for towing. I had and continue to have {on my 24' Class C}, great results with the Michelin LTX M/S 2's. Air them according to the manufacturers inflation tables based upon your actual load weights - yep load the truck and trailer as you would for an actual trip and get on down to the CAT scales.
We loved our TT {Fleetwood Pioneer Spirit}, but the Class C works better for the long {cross country}, trips we like to do now. good luck!
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Lock out Overdrive whenever you are towing. It will save your brakes going down and your transmission going up. Make sure you have LT tires, P's are NOT for towing. I had and continue to have {on my 24' Class C}, great results with the Michelin LTX M/S 2's. Air them according to the manufacturers inflation tables based upon your actual load weights - yep load the truck and trailer as you would for an actual trip and get on down to the CAT scales.
We loved our TT {Fleetwood Pioneer Spirit}, but the Class C works better for the long {cross country}, trips we like to do now. good luck!
:C
