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Re: 1999 F150 towing 6500# 26' travel trailer question
Sorry about the mis-spelling. Loaded the TT to 7,000 and a few hundred extra in the truck bed. The diesel 3500 was night and day different over the F150 Triton. Zero lateral movement. Brakes were great and the speed on the same hills was about double without even pushing it. Really nice. Wife dozed most of time compared to being wide eyed hanging on to the hand grips. I really like this truck. Never drove a diesel much in the past but am blown away at its "off the line acceleration". I figured they were pretty much gutless but couldn't be more wrong. Thanks everyone for your comments505Views0likes0CommentsRe: 1999 F150 towing 6500# 26' travel trailer question
I appreciate all your comments. I towed the TT to the coast and it did OK but was in 3rd 90% of the time running 55mph at 2k RPMs. On grades speed dropped to 35mph with 2.8k rpm. The truck moved around a lot especially with small wind gusts. I never felt comfortable with the handling which caused a lot more concentration than I liked. The TT brakes worked fine but on steep downgrades they felt a little mushy. Long story short, I put the F150 on Craigslist and went shopping. Ended up getting a killer deal on a 2004 Dodge 3500 club cab 5.9l Cummings with 150k miles. It drives like a dream and I am amazed at the acceleration with the 5.9 diesel. Not worried about weighing everything wife puts in TT now. Got a new trip planned over labor day with new rig. Thanks again505Views0likes0CommentsRe: 1999 F150 towing 6500# 26' travel trailer question
APT wrote: I had a 99 F-150 Supercab and then a 2003 Supercrew, both 5.4L/3.73. Loved those trucks! We towed our current TT at 6500-7000 pounds loaded with the Supercrew for 2 seasons. With a properly adjusted WDH, it was great. Performance was ok at best, but it was never unsafely slow. You have two acceleration gears and one cruising gear. 4.10 axle would have been a better match for that engine as it liked cruising at 70mph/2800rpm more than 62mph/2300rpm. So 6500-ish pounds assuming your dry weight is more like 5500 or less should be good. Change all the fluids, probably shocks, and get a WDH with integrated sway control. Is the integrated sway control that much better than friction? I was reading that you can add dual cam sway control to an existing WDH for about $200.505Views0likes0CommentsRe: 1999 F150 towing 6500# 26' travel trailer question
IdaD wrote: Is 6500 lbs the dry weight or is that GVWR? It would also be helpful to know your truck's GVWR, front and rear GAWR and curb weight, and what sort of people and cargo load you are intending to have along with you. And how patient you are. There are hills to climb between Portland and the coast but the elevations are low so that's in your favor. Front GVWR 3680 and rear is 3550. I think the curb weight is 4800# Will be adding 700lb in people, dogs and junk in the bed. The trailer: Axel weight 5350 plus 650 hitch weight for 5980 UVW GVWR = 9000 thanks63Views0likes0Comments1999 F150 towing 6500# 26' travel trailer question
I have a 1999 F-150 4x4 short bed 5.4 Triton A/T with towing package, voyager brake control, oil cooler and 130,000 miles. Axel is 3.55 LS with light duty brake option. I am buying a dual axel 26' TT that will end up weighing 6500# including a distribution hitch and sway bar. The manual says I should be able to pull 7700#. ??? After reading some threads on pulling with a 1/2 ton truck with a 5.4 Triton, I couldn't find any that would address a 99 with over 100k miles. I will be traveling from Portland OR the coast pretty often and we have some hills to climb. I am a little concerned as to how the truck will handle the job? Thanks for your comments.4.3KViews0likes19Comments
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