Towing capicity 2008 F150 HD
I am looking at purchasing a 2018 Heartland North Trail 24BHS and was wanting to get feedback on the ability of my 2008 Ford F150 Harley Davidson AWD, SB to pull this safely. TT weight is listed at 53...
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blkcrow13 wrote:
Thanks all...Looks like you are spot on. I used the calculator and came up with these numbers. My GVWR is 6750# and GCWR 11000#, but Payload, on sticker shows 916#. Just doing an estimate on weights gave me this:
Driver 150#
Passengers including two furry:200#
Hitch: 50#
Extra weight : 150#
Total of 550#, giving me 336# or a max of loaded camper of 3660#
Looks like tow vehicle is not going to cut it for the trailer I was planning on. Thanks to all for educating me!!
If you used the yellow cargo sticker, the driver has already been accounted for at 150 lbs and full tank of fuel, but yeah, 915 lbs of cargo is disappointing..
Typically you will fall short on cargo weight before ever reaching the published towing weights..
Reason as I mentioned before, is the towing ratings are almost always taken from a XL base standard cab, 4x2, short bed and with F150 Max tow or Max payload packages which ARE optional (most often must order the vehicle to get those).
Every thing above that in trim levels, 4x4, crew cab, long bed WILL have less available cargo and hence less towing capacity.
