fintip wrote:
JR Scooby:
You only add the tongue weight to the GVWR, not the trailer weight, no? Sounds like you're mixing GCWR with GVWR to me, unless I'm misunderstanding something. The truck has a separate limit listed for requiring a WDH, and doesn't list requirements for trailer brakes. If you look at SUV's with a 3500 pound limit, they all say 'with trailer brakes'. The F150 doesn't. It can tow 9000+ lbs with a WDH. I'm sure a 2640lb trailer will be well within what it can handle.
Everybody is entitled to their opinion, but I grew up in a time when facts matter.
And the fact is
The brakes on that truck do not give a fling feathered firetruck if that weight is in the bed or on a third axle. When you need to stop, without brakes on the trailer,the brakes on the TV must stop the GCVW. If the weight of trailer plus the weight of pickup is over 6500 lbs your brakes are overloaded.
I have said it before, good you are doing the research. And with brakes on the trailer, the F150 numbers will be good. But without trailer brakes you are overloading a critical part.
