Newbie looking for some assistance

danv1317 wrote:
I'm a travel nurse as well as my girlfriend. We decided we want to buy an RV to live out of for the next year as we travel the country (including alaska) to work. We have a brand new F150 v6 Ecoboost 145" wheelbase, 3.31 electronic lock RR axle, 7200# GWR, and the integrated trailer brake. A lot of the numbers i'm seeing are somewhat confusing to me. All the different payload, towing, tounge and so on...

The other kicker is i have to bring my 450lb motorcycle as i use that to commute and my girlfriend uses the truck.

We are trying to find out how big/heavy of a trailer we can purchase that my truck can handle. Any advice is appreciated. We are looking for used RV since we new to this. Only requirement is that it needs a shower. We are both 6 feet tall so we obviously want big as we can, but we realize that are truck will be the limiting factor.

Please let me know what is within my range. Thanks again for any advice you can offer.
Thanks
Dan

That bike is gonna cause you troubles unless you end up with a toy hauler RV. Your payload is likely somewhere between 1500-1000. If you want to put a bike in the bed 450 lbs, plus ramps, straps, etc. I'd round up to 500. After you subtract your 500 lb. bike, you are now 1,000-500. Subtract the weight of you and your GF, and everything else you load in or add to the truck, and you are likely somewhere around 500-0. Now you have to add your tongue weight of your trailer, and <500 lbs. of tongue weight is very rare in the RV world.

Of course all the above are ASSumed numbers, but you can see how the stated payload of your truck starts to disappear quickly when you start loading up.