New TT for 2015 F150 Eco-boost

Speaking of tires, combined payload weight for the TV is 1852 according to the tire sticker. GVWR is 7000, Front is 3375 and Rear is 3800.

The 1852 lb payload is a gvwr based payload (fawr/rawr). That small 3800 rawr won't be able to carry that much load.

Doing some numbers for ya' shows these size trucks rear axle can weigh in the 2200-2300 which leaves around 1500-1600 lb payload in the bed or on the rear axle. The tire payload sticker 1852 lbs placed in the bed plus 2300 rear axle weight = 4152 lbs.
Actual scale numbers will tell you the real story.
All 1852 lbs in the bed will require higher rated LT tires/wheels and rear spring pack.

Put some of that camping gear in the trailer and you should be fine with any of those trailers.

Mike, thank you for sharing your shopping experience and opinion on the comparable trailers. My wife and I had similar feelings about the GD but were a bit skeptical of the price jump. For now, I have the GD leading the pack, I just need to spend a few more weekends kicking tires.

Speaking of tires, combined payload weight for the TV is 1852 according to the tire sticker. GVWR is 7000, Front is 3375 and Rear is 3800.

I have the 3.5 screw with the middle gear ratio of 3.55. It is a 4x4 super crew short bed.

The Grand Design has a DW of 5785 and a HW of 574
The JayFlight has a DW of 6335 and a HW of 605 (odd)
The Mallard has a DW of 6450 and a HW of 644

Not wanting to get blasted again but my math says after deducting the weight of my family (550) and any camping gear (500-600), I would have enough left to handle the hitch weight of these trailers.

I know there is no escaping the blast mode, so enlighten me if I am way off.

Please also feel free to offer any opinion of the models I listed or any similar bunkhouse set ups.

Thank you

Quienyo wrote:
First off, this forum is full of great advice and tons of experience, thank you all for sharing your wisdom.

I've been eyeing bunkhouse TTs to pull with my TV. I really like the layout of the Aspen Trail 2790BHS. This seems to be a very common layout for bunkhouse trailers. I have two questions; does this floor-plan have any major differences between manufacturers? and will my 2015 eco-boost with an advertised tow weight of 10.2K have any trouble pulling these floor-plans?

The Aspen MSRP here in Tucson is about 22K. The Grand Design Imagine 2800BH with the same floor plan runs close to 30K. Depending on the dealer, they have the same layout, but everything else is an upgrade in the Grand Design. Is this BS marketing or is there some truth to this?

I spent most of today looking around at bunkhouse models. So many choices but have narrowed down to the following that are available locally:

Grand Design Imagine 2800BH
Open Range LT221RQB
Aspen Trail 2790BHS
Jayco Jay Flight 27BHS
Mallard IDM29
Keystone Hideout 28BHSWE

Not exactly oranges to oranges, but these are the one that checked the boxes for me and my family.

Any advice with recommendations or ones to avoid would be much appreciated.

-Thank you

We just purchased the Grand Design Imagine 2800BH. We finally landed on this one after 2 years of casual hunting and about 6 months of serious searching. We actually looked in all of those except for the Open Range. Here is my opinion on the others:

Aspen Trail 2790BHS - We looked in multiple Aspen Trail Models. They don't feel very well built. Also look plain inside to the point you could stick the interior in any other brand and slap a different sticker on it and it would be the same.
Jayco Jay Flight 27BHS - Jayco's are very nice. Everything feels very quality, nice tall ceiling, 2 year warranty. Problem was Jayco's run on the high end for weight.
Mallard IDM29 - Felt like a step up from Aspen Trail but still not as nice as Grand Design. This one also felt a little more cramped inside and we didn't like that the foot of the bed goes almost all the way to the wall.
Keystone Hideout 28BHSWE - Similar feedback as the Aspen Trail

Now here's what we liked about Grand Design:
- The master bedroom has a residential size queen (60x80) compared to some that have 60x74. I'm 5'11 and my feet hung off the end of all the 60x74 beds.
- The bedroom has a walk around bed so no feet against the wall and there is a slide door instead of just a curtain. Also has a tv hookup in there if you wanted that.
- It has an 81 inch arched ceiling so the it feels much more wide open. A lot of models have a flat ceiling and it just feels cramped
- The kitchen is laid out in a way that doesn't have the counter protruding into out from the wall so it doesn't take up floor space. I believe they achieved this by putting the door near the rear of the trailer instead of the front.
- We opted for the one with theatre seats instead of a tri-fold couch. Its like having 2 recliners.
- There is a skylight in the bedroom, living area and bathroom. The skylight in the living area has a power vent fan which I believe will be nice to vent out odors and possibly heat.
- It has a true shower instead of one of those mini tubs they put in campers. Also, the shower is 30x36 and was the biggest one we saw in a travel trailer, excluding the ones that had corner showers. I could actually stand in the shower and turn around without bumping the walls.
- The leather on the dinette and theatre seating feels very high quality compared to others and are actually soft.
- The kitchen feels more like a residential kitchen. Instead of having wood doors on the cabinets they are frosted glass.
- It has a shoe cubby by the door and the bottom bunk flips up and has storage underneath.
- Comes with a 3 year structural warranty. Jayco has a 2 year but most have 1.
- I haven't had to call their customer service yet but the dealer said they have the best customer service and everything I've read online has mentioned that too.

Sorry for the long post. This was the result of us looking through dozens of models at multiple dealers and a few RV shows trying to narrow down the likes and dislikes. This was the only one that both my wife and I agreed on everything. We knew we paid a little more for the Grand Design but we are very glad that we did.

Advertised tow rating? What is your configuration's exact tow rating? Cab/bed/engine/axle and if you have any of the towing packages are important.

Practically, payload is the limiting factor for families and RVing. Open the driver's door and locates the tire and loading sticker on the door or door jam. Note what is listed for max combined weight of occupants and cargo.

New TT for 2015 F150 Eco-boost !!!

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2015 eco-boost with an advertised tow weight of 10.2K

This tells us nothing about your trucks payload ability or which F150 package you have.
Ford 2015 F150 has over a dozen gvwr packages ranging from a small 6010 up to 7850 lbs and RAWR from 3300 up to 4800 lbs.

What are your F150 weight specs ??
GVWR
FAWR and RAWR
wheelbase
crew cab or std cab
2wd or 4wd

Welcome. I believe the jayflight 27bhs is a fairly long, heavy trailer? Please list the overall lengths and GVWRs for each of the trailers you have listed.

What is your payload limit from the yellow door jamb sticker on your Ford?

That's going to be your limiting factor most likely. The rigs you have listed i believe are over 30' and if i had to guess over 8k lbs. If that's so, that's likely going to be asking a lot of your truck.

Remover, from that yellow sticker payload, you deduct the weight of all passengers and cargo in/on the truck and the weight of the hitch itself, what you have left is what's available for trailer tongue weight, typically 12% of loaded trailer weights. Get please get us the GVWRs for those rigs, not the dry weights and we'll be able to help you more. Good luck

Wow talk about timing
am in Prescott and friend has same truck. He is looking at a lance tt.
we will be watching for answers.
remember forget the tow weight and look at carrying weight.
his TT shows at 6000 gvwr
book shows hitch weight at 415lbs. That cant be right, I expect it to be closer to 750 to 900
could you post what your weights are