Keystone Bullet Premier
We are seriously looking at buying a 31BHPR. It pretty much has everything we are looking for in a TT, the only cons we can think of with it is, it has curtains instead of solid doors for the bedroom ...
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I pull mine with a 2012 F150 Ecoboost. It also has the MaxTow and MaxPayload. Haven't pulled through the mountains, but have had NO issues anywhere else.
Morrow_d wrote:
Anyone of you pulling the 31BHPR trailer with a 1/2 truck?
I looked at the possible numbers on the F-150 with either the V8 or Ecoboost with Max tow, and I would have about 1700# payload capacity if I don't take too much extra fancy gadget, which I don't really plan on doing and 9500#ish tow.
This is for an FX-4 with Max tow only. If I put the HD payload, I get to I assume around 2100 ish when calculating options (2300 on brochure for max payload vs 1900ish on brochure for max tow)
So my calculations are as follow:
Trailer + WD height weight = around 1100#.
That leaves me with 600# (225+120+50+30 family weight right now = 420) let's say they grow up to be 125 pounds each in the next 10 years... ;) that brings me to roughly 1700#.
I don't expect to have much in the truck, as I rented a F-250 this year to travel and we didn't have much in the truck.
So, I might be a bit tight with the Max Tow, but I would definately be of as per the ratings with the Max Payload.
I know it'll be a bit rougher than with the F-250, but I'm usually pulling 1 or twice a year for about 600 miles total.
So if I can save on the truck a little while still being under the rating, I would go with the F-150. And it seems like I would be able to, but for some reason I'm not convinced...
I don't plan to change my 31BHPR for anything bigger (obviously) for the next 10 years, so Fifth-wheel is not necessairly something to take into consideration.
so basically, if some people here pulls their 31BHPR with an F-150 builded to pull and have no issue, it think it would really clear my mind.... ;)
Thanks!
Morrow
