Eric 18 wrote:
Thank You All for the responses!
I'm pretty set on truck size. I'll be buying new. We're going to go with a lighter weight trailer, per the majority of thoughts.
The truck will be my daily driver, and will be trading in a 14 GT Mustang for it.
My wife & I love the sense of community we find RVing. It seems to be the same here!
Thanks Again, Happy New Year!
When people express opinions about what size truck to get they should mention what year model they have experience with or are recommending. My 2016 F150 with EcoBoost easily outpulls either my 1991 F250 or the 2003 E350 with V10 that I had and gives better mileage while doing it. All size ranges of trucks have greatly increased in capability in the last ten years. I did order my 2016 with LT tires and retrofitted my 2016 with them and I believe that it does help stability. I also put Rancho 9000 shocks and air bags under both. The 2013 F150 is used to pull a horse trailer and we recently switched to a gooseneck for that. It does seem to be more stable and gives a little better fuel economy. You might want to look into a small fifth wheel. The gooseneck hitch worked with the Airlift 5000xl air bags but would not work with way the 2000lb bags mount. The 2000lb bags give a better ride in my opinion.
I get about 10mpg pulling the horse trailer at the speed limit, a camper would probably have more frontal area and may not be as streamlined so would probably drop your average down some. The 8-10 range sounds reasonable.
I lot of whether you want a bigger truck depends on whether you are going to be pulling 1 week a year or 50 weeks a year. The 150 will give you a better ride and mileage, especially empty.
