Found a TT, what tow vehicle do I need?

I towed a similar TT with my previous 2011 F150 FX4 Ecoboost / 7700GVWR, the truck itself was quite well matched with that TT, however with a standard F150 you'll run out of payload pretty quick if you pack heavy or have much for passengers with a TT that size. I towed my setup around 20k km's without any issue and very happily too.

The dry hitch weight is meaningless.
Let's pretend that you fully load the trailer to it's 7600 lbs. Your hitch weight will be around 1000 lbs. That only leaves about 600 lbs of payload for everything except you in the truck...

Probably..hopefully you won't load your trailer to the max, but it does happen. I think you are probably ok with the towing end of it, but are going to be close, with very little margin on the PAYLOAD side of it all.

Good luck with it.

I see you have a f250, did you upgrade to tow the trailer?

alexleblanc wrote:
I towed a similar TT with my previous 2011 F150 FX4 Ecoboost / 7700GVWR, the truck itself was quite well matched with that TT, however with a standard F150 you'll run out of payload pretty quick if you pack heavy or have much for passengers with a TT that size. I towed my setup around 20k km's without any issue and very happily too.

This forum will be quick to suggest a 3/4 or 1 ton truck, however that F-150 will be within it's towing limits, and should tow it well. A larger truck will tow it better, but you should not have any issues.

It also depends on where you will be towing. If most of the time you will be a "flat lander" then probably no worries. Get in the mountains and especially on a windy day and it will be another story.

I live in the West and the rule of thumb that I learned was there should be a 20% margin between your gvw and the max. I tow a similar size rig with an F350 Dually which is definitely overkill, but I'm darned glad of it on a high mountain road with an 8-10% grade. I would hate to tow this with less than an F250.

At campgrounds: 8 lugs rule all. I only see 1/2 ton crowd on this forum.

Ncm86 wrote:
I see you have a f250, did you upgrade to tow the trailer?

alexleblanc wrote:
I towed a similar TT with my previous 2011 F150 FX4 Ecoboost / 7700GVWR, the truck itself was quite well matched with that TT, however with a standard F150 you'll run out of payload pretty quick if you pack heavy or have much for passengers with a TT that size. I towed my setup around 20k km's without any issue and very happily too.

I upgraded to tow my new much heavier Wildwood 31BKIS (nearly 10k lbs loaded).

So a f250 would be better, would the engine size matter? 5.4 or bigger?
The reason I was leaning towards an f150 is that I was looking at only towing 3-4 times a yr. Have a wife and 3 small kids but want to have some room for when they get older

PAThwacker wrote:
At campgrounds: 8 lugs rule all. I only see 1/2 ton crowd on this forum.

That's 'cause the 1/2T's are stuck somewhere on the side of the road!

Ncm86 wrote:
So a f250 would be better, would the engine size matter? 5.4 or bigger?

in my opinion you're buying the F250/350 for the chassis much more than the engine. In your case i'd look for the lowest mileage nicest Gasser you can find, 5.4, 6.8(V10) or 6.2. With decent gears (3.73 or higher) they will all get the job done nicely. Honestly, I was looking for an F250 with the 6.2 when this 6.7 Diesel fell into my lap for less money than a gasser. I love it, but i'm sure I still would have been satisfied with the 6.2 gasser.