Cargo load

Cancel your order. You'll be over GVW and RAWR. 1410 is the brochure weight. Add 150lbs for propane and batteries. Now throw another 250lbs in the front cargo holds plus in the front bedroom. Plus ad in more weight because no trailer is delivered at the brochure weight. And you'll be at the GVW and RAWR of the truck. And more than likely way over both.

And we haven't even talked about whats going in the truck. Passengers, 5th hitch, firewood, etc.

Would adding helper springs and heavy duty shocks help handle the load.

I have a Cougar 276RLS. The empty weight on the sticker is 7180 lbs. The Cat scale weight is 8720 lbs. loaded for camping with 1/4 tank of fresh water and nothing in the holding tanks. The loaded pin weight is 1860 lbs. We are pretty frugal with what we take with us so I think that this is a fair representation. Although my 5er has these nice "half ton towable" stickers on it I would not want to try it. I tow with an F250.

I had this 2014 PDF handy for a 2014 Ford F150 Towing Specs...

Might be of some help...

2014 FORD F150 TOWING SPECs

GOOGLE may have a pdf for the 2015 F150 ford if that is what you have...

Roy Ken

My cargo weight is 1825 lbs I am thinking about switching to fifth wheel with a hitch weight of 1270. I can tow 11,300 lbs. The dealer tells me it is alright with 1410, even the factory rep said those camper were made for F 150s.

The dealers right, you are okay with 1410lbs. Problem is it won' be 1410lbs when you go camping. It'll be near 18-1900lbs. So that puts you at your RAWR and GVW. Who's going in the truck and what do you take with you. All those weights come off the trucks cargo weight rating. Ignore the tow rating for now. No one tows 11,300lbs with an F150. Payload is the number you need to be concerned with.

Your cargo wt includes everything in the truck, your family, your gear, a 200# hitch, plus the loaded hitch wt.

I would be most concerned with the 4,050 RAWR, and max tire load.

You may be able to make this work, but at least check the tire max load.

Good luck,
Jerry

FWIW, my Komfort has a GVW of 11,273 and a pin wt ratio of 16.6%. That gives me 1878 lbs on the pin at GVW, and that's all I want on my '02 Duramax. I simply can't imagine it on a 1/2 ton.

Lyle

MFL wrote:
Your cargo wt includes everything in the truck, your family, your gear, a 200# hitch, plus the loaded hitch wt.

I would be most concerned with the 4,050 RAWR, and max tire load.

You may be able to make this work, but at least check the tire max load.

Good luck,
Jerry

X2

Staying within spec especially GRAWR and tire rating is tough to do without the MAX PAYLOAD package.

There are those that do it, but you need to get a base line of your F150 TV. Load it as you would for a camping trip. Then head for the scales, weigh each axle separately. Subtract the total of the two axles from the trucks GVWR and you have available payload. UNLESS that number is GREATER than subtracting the rear axle weight from the rear GAWR (Gross Axle Weight Rating).

Do you have the HD payload package on your truck. I used a 2012 Ecoboost non-max tow without the HD payload package for two years without any issues or regrets whatsoever. I did install Roadmaster Stabilizers and set them to 70% increased payload before I ever hooked up. The Roadmasters improved both the loaded and non loaded handling. My pin weight is 100lbs. less than yours. My trailer weighs in at 7945lbs loaded.