Newbie..Trailer to big?
Hello all... Purchased a used 2007 Forest River Surveyor SV29. We're super excited about the adventures and open roads ahead of us. However I thought I had the number right and now I'm have second ...
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am1958 wrote:
I drive a 2014 F-150 XLT Supercrew with a sticker payload of 1440. It pulls a Bullet Premiere 31BHPR that weights in at about 7500lb
Family = @ 400lb
Weighed tongue weight = 960
Cargo in the bed = @ 100-150lb
That puts me about 100-150lb over payload. I have towed it nearly 10,000 miles without incident, (outside of my own stupidity - nothing to do with weighs and speeds ;) ), including a 1600 mile trip through the mountains of Virginia and West Virginia two weeks ago with the first day having high wind warnings all through the mountains. The trucks anti-sway kicked in by cutting the cruise and gently braking 4 or 5 times at quite predictable locations, (breaks in trees, cresting ridges etc.), and that was before I really thought there was an issue.
The transmission fluid gets to around 200-204C on hot summers days and I have been assured by the dealer's head mechanic that I needn't worry about that temp until 219C.
All in all it has been a pleasure to drive.
Thanks for the feed back. I feel like I may exceed my payload by a few hundred myself, how serious is it to exceed payload?
Thanks for the info on the tranny temp, the hottest it got was 200F, but then again it was only 55F in Alberta yesterday. I was wondering what temp was to much for the tranny. I don't plan to take it over any mountains, relatively stay within 8 hours drive one way.
How do you know when your truck anti-sway are active? noise, feel..etc
