Gerald1755 wrote:
I'm sure this question has been covered multiple times before so please forgive me. I have the following truck and I am trying to decide what would be an appropriate trailer to purchase. I understand that the payload includes all passengers cargo in truck and hitch weight. What I would like to know is what would be a comfortable weight and length trailer to tow. I am thinking somewhere between 25' and 28'. Is that a good range? What about max gvw of trailer? 6,000-7000? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
2011 f-150 4x4 super crew 145"wheelbase
5.0l v8 6spd auto
3.55 gears
7200 gvwr pkg
1560 payload
The 1,560 payload is the maximum available. Everything you add onto and into the truck deducts from that. It usually includes a 150 pound driver, but no passengers, nothing in the truck bed, nothing ON the truck bed (cover or cap), no electronics, no maps, no atlases, no foods, snacks, hitch, firewood, coolers, clothes, games for the kids, activities for the kids, car seats, booster seats, etc., etc. and so on.
After EVERYTHING else, you then can carry the tongue weight of the camper which is typically 10%-15% of the camper's *actual* loaded weight. This *actual* loaded weight is typically (and there are extremes either way) 1,000 to 1,500 pounds over the advertised "dry weight".
The best thing you can do- load up your truck, family and all of the******you'd normally carry on a trip and go hit a scale. CAT scale at a truck stop is all over, or quarry or bulk landscape supply or grain place, etc. Find your real truck's weight and subtract it from your GVWR (7,200 pounds).
What Can I Tow?
