Half ton towing

[jeeperman]

Anyone tow a small fifth wheel with a half ton ?
25ft.to 29ft
Dry weight 7000
Hitch weight 1400lbs
Truck f-150
5.0 v8 3rd gen. 400hp 400lbs tq
9200 trailer tow rating
2210 payload.
Firestone air bags
Do you feel this would be safer than same size trailer considering sway ect.

[jeeperman]

Yes,E rated tires,tow package,brake controller.
On the TT sway control, WDH that's all good.
Was just looking at the new "half ton 5th wheels"

[Cummins12V98]

Bags n “E” tires G-G.

[MarkTwain]

jeeperman wrote:
Anyone tow a small fifth wheel with a half ton ?
25ft.to 29ft
Dry weight 7000
Hitch weight 1400lbs
Truck f-150
5.0 v8 3rd gen. 400hp 400lbs tq
9200 trailer tow rating
2210 payload.
Firestone air bags
Do you feel this would be safer than same size trailer considering sway ect.

Safe is relative to each person! Driving wyouith a 1/2 ton truck might be ok on flat roads and no strong winds. Going up and down mountain roads could be questionable. What kind of brake system do you have? are you runing with TR tires with at least "E" rated tires? Do you have a Reese Dual cam sway control or some thing like it?

[agesilaus]

Hitch/carry capacity will kill that Idea, that has it include all passengers and dogs, luggage, ice chests, a full tank of gas, the hitch weight (200 pounds for a fifth wheel hitch) anything else carried in the truck, and the weight of the fiver. Also half ton trucks have smaller brakes not designed to stop a heavy fiver. And then there is the undersized transmission and everything else about the half ton.

You don't have an HD truck don't try to force yours to do the job of one. Get a good bumper pull.