Towing Capacity F-150
I have a 2004 F-150. Would like to know maximum weight trailer I can tow long distances.
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You will be limited by your payload (and which engine you have - 4.6 or 2 valve 5.4), or lack there of. It is doubtful that you will be able to tow your rated "Tow Capacity" as you will run out of payload long before reaching max tow rating. Whatever your trailer really weighs you will need roughly 13% of that weight as tongue weight (which must be subtracted from your available payload).
My 2006 F-150 was rated to tow 8,600# but any TT over 6,000# would have put it well over its GVWR/RAWR. To answer your original question necessitates knowing your trucks actual payload. Crew Cabs and 4X4's usually come in at around 1400# or less which does not leave much for the nearly 900# of TW (don't forget the WDH which weighs in around 100#).
If you stay with a trailer under 6,000# of actual weight you should be fine. Above that depends on what your payload is. Whatever you do, IGNORE ALL so called "DRY WEIGHTS"! They are meaningless and dangerously misleading....nobody tows an empty trailer.
As Always..... Opinion s and YMMV. :C
My 2006 F-150 was rated to tow 8,600# but any TT over 6,000# would have put it well over its GVWR/RAWR. To answer your original question necessitates knowing your trucks actual payload. Crew Cabs and 4X4's usually come in at around 1400# or less which does not leave much for the nearly 900# of TW (don't forget the WDH which weighs in around 100#).
If you stay with a trailer under 6,000# of actual weight you should be fine. Above that depends on what your payload is. Whatever you do, IGNORE ALL so called "DRY WEIGHTS"! They are meaningless and dangerously misleading....nobody tows an empty trailer.
As Always..... Opinion s and YMMV. :C
