F150 towing

[Julreilly]

Hey guys I have a 2014 f150 5.0 3.55s 4x4 Crewcab
My dad has a camper sitting near my house in NC and asked me to pull it to his house in NY
2017 jay flight...info below
Unloaded Vehicle Weight (lbs) View Definition 6515
Dry Hitch Weight (lbs) View Definition 635
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (lbs) View Definition 9250
Cargo Carrying Capacity (lbs) View Definition 2735
Travel length is 32ft

Now I’ve pulled 25-28ft flat trailers with my truck fine
I’m a little worried about this thing being a parachute (never pulled a camper before) I normally do 6th gear lockout and lock cruise at 65 but I was wondering if anyone has experience pulling in this type of situation, I know that GVWR is over my capacity but I guess if all tanks are empty I would go off UVW which is under capacity but still a lot on my truck for 10 hours.
Any information would be appreciated!


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[mkirsch]

Trailer tongue could be upwards of 1000lbs even with minimal stuff in the trailer, so a WDH is a must with the F150's stock receiver.

It's not going to be a walk in the park or a smooth ride, but it will be doable as long as you're not trying to haul all your father's worldly possessions along, or expect to camp in the trailer during the trip. Minimal stuff in the trailer, empty water tanks, just transporting.

[2112]

I don't see a problem if you empty the trailer and truck. Get the TT down to ~7500lb with ~950lb tongue weight and you're good to go. Air up all tires to max pressure as stamped on the tire sidewall. Take some tools to adjust the WDH as needed. Stay below 65mph to lessen frontal drag. Expect 8mpg.
Enjoy your trip. Come back and let us know how it went.

[APT]

Does it already have a WDH? If not, don't do it. If yes, Spend some time adjusting that. You'll be fine.

[goducks10]

JeremyFr wrote:
I use cruise with my EcoBoost in the hills truck does just fine keeping speed and shifting. Guess it depends on the engine....

Or the load.

[JeremyFr]

I use cruise with my EcoBoost in the hills truck does just fine keeping speed and shifting. Guess it depends on the engine....

[Julreilly]

goducks10 wrote:

cyntdon2010 wrote:
FIRST: pulling a camper is difference than driving a car or pick up. don't plan on that 10 hour drive time. and never use cruise control while towing.

I use cruise unless I'm in the mtns. It won't react fast enough. Out on the longer stretches of road I use cruise. Why would you not use it?

That’s what I’m saying if you have a good stretch of flat road why not? Cruise control has a safety anyway...I cruise and if I’m coming up to a hill I take it off and manually take the hill

[goducks10]

cyntdon2010 wrote:
FIRST: pulling a camper is difference than driving a car or pick up. don't plan on that 10 hour drive time. and never use cruise control while towing.

I use cruise unless I'm in the mtns. It won't react fast enough. Out on the longer stretches of road I use cruise. Why would you not use it?

[JIMNLIN]

mhamershock wrote:
It'll do it if you don't load the truck down with too much more weight. The 5.0 will need to rev on the hills and your mileage will suffer. That's towing though.

Make sure you run max PSI in your tires and have a good WDH with sway control.

Mike

Yeah we know the 5.0 can pull that much but he won't tell us his trucks RAWR as its carrying all the load in the bed.
RAWR = tires/wheels and rear spring pack capacities.

[mosseater]

Do tell, why don't we use cruise control while towing? I'll get the popcorn.

[mhamershock]

It'll do it if you don't load the truck down with too much more weight. The 5.0 will need to rev on the hills and your mileage will suffer. That's towing though.

Make sure you run max PSI in your tires and have a good WDH with sway control.

Mike

[Julreilly]

cyntdon2010 wrote:
FIRST: pulling a camper is difference than driving a car or pick up. don't plan on that 10 hour drive time. and never use cruise control while towing.

It’s roughly an 8ish hour drive with nothing, I towed a boat up to my dads a year ago doing an average of 65 and it took me about 10.5 hours... basing it off of that

[cyntdon2010]

FIRST: pulling a camper is difference than driving a car or pick up. don't plan on that 10 hour drive time. and never use cruise control while towing.

[Julreilly]

I think it’s doable, yes I do have trailer brakes, 10-12% of the trailer for tounge weight is still Iwas under my load weight and yes it does have sway control hitch. I just want to know what the experienced guys think before I take a 10 hour trip with this thing behind me haha

[Julreilly]

JIMNLIN wrote:

Hey guys I have a 2014 f150 5.0 3.55s 4x4 Crewcab

This doesn't tell us what '14 F150 you have.....and it makes a huge difference.

F15o has 19 different GVWRs from 6000 on up to 8200 lbs
F150 has 5 different RAWR from 3300 up to 4800 lbs.

Sooo...what is your trucks GVWR and more importantly what is its RAWR as its going to be carrying all the load back there.
Payload sticker number doesn't tell us how much load the truck can carry in the bed.

2014 f150 crewcab, 145 wheelbase, 3.55 electric lock
The gvwr is 7350 with a load raiting is 1581lbs
Technically the max gvwr for my truck is 13,500