What truck to tow a 7200# dry Toy Hauler"?

Thank you to all replying! This is very helpful to us, we have never towed before. Cargo Carrying capacity of our truck on door jamb sticker is 1,628 lbs. Also, the Front GAWR is 3,450 and the Rear GAWR is 3,800.
GVWR = 7,000 lbs.
GCWR = 16,900 lbs.
Base Curb Weight (no cargo/passengers) = 4,925 lbs.
Truck Hitch Sticker Info:
Hitch Type: weight distribution Max Gross Trailer Weight is 12,100
Hitch Type: weight distribution Max Tongue Weight 1210 lbs.

That "tow rating" does not necessarily mean a tongue heavy toy hauling travel trailer.. ;)

Look at the sticker on the trucks hitch and see what it says it's max load is... Probably will come in at around #1150 if that's what your actual "tow rating" is. I guess they upped the "properly equipped" 2015 F150 to be over #12,000 now??

Anyway, you'll have plenty of power. Where you'll loose out is with the other weight limits on the truck, like the hitch, axles and payload.

I only tow a #5000 TT and I'm within #400 of the rear axle rating and #600 of the trucks GVWR. Which, in my case is #7700, but you have a 2015 that is made out of beer can material, so it's a lot lighter to begin with.. ;)

Good luck!

Mitch

What does the payload sticker on the driver's door say?





What does the hitch sticker say?



My 6700 lb. loaded toy hauler (4650 lb. "dry" "brochure" weight, 5025 lb. yellow sticker weight) with a 780 lb. tongue weight with NO WATER loads the rear axle to within within 50 pounds of its limit. Passengers, tools and gear in the truck weigh 707 lbs. The EB pulls it with no sweat, but the chassis is maxed out.

Figure 8.3 pounds per gallon for any water you are hauling (100 gallon tank), 6 pounds per gallon for filling the fuel tank (40 gallon tank) and 4.2 pounds per gallon for any propane you put in the tanks (15 gallons) on the tongue. That's 1130 pounds of fluids.

The Lance has a tongue weight of 845 pounds EMPTY. I suspect that the loaded 2612 will overload the rear axle, or maybe even the hitch receiver. It appears to be a very nice camper, but most likely too heavy for your truck unless you can keep down the passenger and cargo weight in the truck.

Depends on tongue weight. That would be the easiest factor to exceed. For what it's worth though what you will actually be doing is towing a 10,000 plus lb. trailer not the empty weight. Figure tongue weight as 15% of the GVWR when fully loaded.

We tow 7500# but not too well with our 6.0L engine.

You'll likely be over a few ratings (rear GAWR, GCWR, Payload).
Whether that bothers you or not is up to you.

Ford Tow Guides

Travel trailers in general are hard trailers to pull based on the amount of air drag (front surface area). If you look at test pulls they normally use a low flat trailer loaded with a low riding load like steel or you are towing a boat. That said you'll probably never reach the "tow rating" of your truck with a TT type trailer.

A 9,990# GVWR trailer at 13% average pin weight = 1,287# hitch weight.

So if you load up the family ready to camp and weight your truck you can figure out your actual cargo capacity. GVWR truck - actual weight = actual cargo capacity.

Since you live in CO and the mountains I'd want sturdy truck to pull the hills. Personally I'd be looking for a F250. 3.55 gears also seem a bit "high" for mountain towing.

What does the payload sticker in your driver door jamb say? It would say cargo lbs you can load on the truck. This is specific to the truck as it left the factory. Depending on model, it will likely be around 1600 lbs.