nice pic of an anti-sway and load leveling hitch. This pic does not appear to have the anti sway arm on the trialer but you can see the anti sway ball on the far side.

 

Switching to a 3.73 will top up your Combined rating by about 500 pounds, assuming you still have stock sized tires and all. It's hardly worth it IMO.

 

I agree, if your going to swap gears for teh purpose of towing, then atleast go 4.11.

 

Guys, thanks for all the good feedback on this matter. I think if I'm going to get a toy hauler the size that I'm comfortable with. I might need a F250 A exspence I was hoping to advoid. Once again Thanks to all

 

If you had the 5.4 motor and 3.73 gears, your Gross Combined Weight would go up to 15,000 lbs, but then if my sister had pills, she'd be my brother.
All I'm saying is, an F150 will do it easily without having to go to a Superduty, especially since, if I'm understanding you correctly, your 6200 lb's is the weight of the trailer and load.

Cheers

 

I here u man, but the fact remains that what I have now will not fit the bill. So whats a guy to do?????????????

 

Unless I had the spare cash at the moment, then I'd just suffer with what I have. Like I said it should do the job, just won't do it as easy. Heck I've seen Dodge Dakita'a pulling 30'+ 5ers's. If a little Dodge Dakota can do it, you can too.
If I was going to upgrade so I could pull a TT, I'd go F350 SD and get a 5er. From what I hear the yahve really improved the V-10, if I was going to do it brand new today, I'd look there. 2005 or older, I'd go back to 02(?) I'd get a 7.2L diesel.

Really how much are you planning on pulling it?
Normally it's 1 weekend a month or so for 6-7 months a year, for maybe 200-400 miles and back each time. Do you want to suffer with parking a 250/350 with the higher maintenece, insurance and cost to operate for the other 95% of your driving?
Here is an idea to think about, might buy an older F350 or other 1 ton, something you can pay cash on and only carry liability on it then only use it for your tow / work vehicle and keep the F150 for your DD. Maintence for that little use would be, basically change the oil once a year. Tune up every 3-5 years.

 

I read it as 6200# is the DRY weight of the trailer........

With a 4.6 and 3.55's I doubt you will be able to tow that much in overdrive and you should probably keep it down to 55 mph or so.

 

2006, 4x4, auto, 4.6 w/ 3.55 pulled this load for 6 hours with a bed full of firewood and camping supplies and 3 large adults in the cab. Would not win any races, but had no problem holding 65+ even on mild hills

 

7.2 diesel eh? And I've seen that Dakota that you're talking about... Dark Dakota pulling an older 5'er being driven by two 80 year olds...

 

What ever the heck your bulldozer that you call a truck is......


I see 10-20 of them every weekend trough the summer, heading to Lake Ozark.....

If I see a TT coming down the highway, I alwyas look to see what the tow vehicle is beofre I pull out in front of them. I dont want to be infront of a 10K lb trailer pulled by a 2500 lb mini van....... LOL

I've seen that before too!

 

scott, did you run that rig over a scale?

 

I figure on pulling a few times a year. So i think I'll just suffer it out. See how it pulls, keep loaded wt. to a minium. I plan on taking my truck to a scale and get a GVW with a tank of gas this afternoon and get back with yall tonight on that figure. I really don't want to part with my 05 S crew. for one thing, it's paid for but I not wanting to tear it up either. So we'll see. If I get the TT, I'll take delivery Friday. So we'll know pretty soon.

 

Your weak link is going to be the transmission. If I were going to do this, I'd make SURE your auxiliary cooler is working right, and I'd change the fluid - probably do a pan drop, change the filter, then hook it up to a flush machine and use 100% synthetic premium fluid.

 

I agree, might be worth the $100-$150 for a B&M auxilary trans cooler, inline trans filter, and cooling fan kit.

The inline trans filter is a spin on just like an oil filter so you can change it every 3K miles just like your oil with out having to drop the trans pan. It can be mounted anywhere for easy acess. It helps keep the built in trans filter clean and flowing so you get more fluid flowing through the trans.