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facory
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Jan 12, 2014

What are you towing with your F150?

What are you towing with your Ford F150 5.4 litre? Anything added to beef it up?
  • I tow the trailer in my sig. 8200 lbs loaded. I have LT BF Goodrich tires E rated. I also have timbrens on the rear bump stops. I also use a hensley arrow. For now it tows our trailer just fine.
  • Thomas/NH wrote:
    Well, I could tell you, but that would just open up another "Food" fight. You should know by now "F-150" is fighting words. To most on this forum if you tow with a F-150 you might as well go out back and shoot yourself!

    I'll show you what I mean; I have a 2013 F-150 4X4 with 8200GVW Max tow package, Eco-boost. I tow a 2012 Cougar High Country 321RES. I have towed it through every possible road condition; 10" of snow, ice storm in the mountains of Pennsylvania, tornados in North Carolina, 30 MPH side winds in Georgia 107* heat of D.C. & Virginia. I towed it all through the mountains of VT(my home state), NH, NY and VA. I've logged on 12K miles with this trailer and 24K with another F-150 and Sprinter 29'. I also tow a 5 ton dump trailer and a 32' pontoon boat (10K lbs.). I've always felt I was safe and in full control the vehicle. My MPG is between 10 to 14 MPG. This truck also serves as my service truck and daily transportation so it has to be dependable. Oh and one other thing... It's also equipped with a snow plow. Let the "food fight" begin.


    I am on your side. lol
  • Well, I could tell you, but that would just open up another "Food" fight. You should know by now "F-150" is fighting words. To most on this forum if you tow with a F-150 you might as well go out back and shoot yourself!

    I'll show you what I mean; I have a 2013 F-150 4X4 with 8200GVW Max tow package, Eco-boost. I tow a 2012 Cougar High Country 321RES. I have towed it through every possible road condition; 10" of snow, ice storm in the mountains of Pennsylvania, tornados in North Carolina, 30 MPH side winds in Georgia 107* heat of D.C. & Virginia. I towed it all through the mountains of VT(my home state), NH, NY and VA. I've logged on 12K miles with this trailer and 24K with another F-150 and Sprinter 29'. I also tow a 5 ton dump trailer and a 32' pontoon boat (10K lbs.). I've always felt I was safe and in full control the vehicle. My MPG is between 10 to 14 MPG. This truck also serves as my service truck and daily transportation so it has to be dependable. Oh and one other thing... It's also equipped with a snow plow. Let the "food fight" begin.
  • Here is my old rig. It's a 1997 5.4 F150 and a 1995 31 ft Layton travel trailer.

    I added a transmission cooler... That was all. Towed great and I miss that truck.



    Thanks,

    Jeremiah
  • You mean just travel trailers? An F150 search turns up 34 pages in TT forum.
  • I have one 2005 used for towing my boats ,does a good job ,one is at 3500# the other 2800# gets about 10mpg , empty about 12 always was a gas hog.