Towing with 1500

pb65stang wrote:
Just an FYI, I have a 2015 F150 SuperCrew 4x4 King Ranch pretty well loaded with options and my payload sticker says 1699. And that's with heavy stuff like power running boards, cameras, and 20" rims. So in a newer half ton, I could see 1800 depending on the options. I'm looking to tow about a 6,300 lb dry trailer with a 700 lb tongue weight and I have no reservations about it. Still leaves me 1000 lbs for people and gear.

The 2015's are aluminum bodied and gained several hundred pounds of payload per model though.

I've got a 2014 F150 SCrew 5.5' box, Platinum model with power running boards, AC seats, power mirrors, etc. and my payload is 1527. And I had to get the Max Tow option to get that. Standard Platinum models with the regular tow package had 1000-1100 pounds payload. The 2015's would up that a bunch.

For the OP, I'd check your yellow sticker on your door, the max tongue weight on your hitch receiver (for example, my max is 1150 tongue weight I believe for the receiver), and your rear gross axle weight rating. Those things will be your limiting factors.

For us, we have some room to play in our rear axle weight and payload with our trailer tongue weight of 771 and a trailer weight of about 5500. We need that extra play room for the kids to grow. So we couldn't comfortably tow a larger trailer without upgrading to a same series truck with less features or a larger series truck that wouldn't fit in our garage and I wouldn't be able to park. (although the 2015 F150s have my eye. We just didn't have the time to wait for them to arrive or the extra $$ to pay for one over the sale on our '14).