Unfortunately I am unable to postpone my company truck long enough for the 2004 Fords, I will either get an S'crew, with 5.4/3.73's/17" rubber, or a SD F250 CC SB with 5.4/4.10's/265's.
I tow up to 5,000lbs and haul up to 1,000lbs in the box. Anyone load up thier Crew like this with this combo? How does it work? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

Only had my SC 1 week but if you are towing the current load with your 4.6L, you will be okay with a 5.4. However, if you are looking at a F250, I would consider going with the deisel. Gas mileage could be better and life of engine longer. (will this open up a can of worms for debate??). Depends on the amount of towing.

My $0.02

 

I love my Screw , I would love it even more if it was built more like the 2003 Expedition! with IRS ,and a tow rating of 8,900lb oh yea and a diesel! oh yea yea and Excursion rear brakes! the day they offer it is the day I trade my lariat in! 2004? 2005? who knows

anyway you asked about towing, I have the 5.4l 4x4 with 3.55 I have towed for several thosand miles a 29' Holiday rambler Travel Trailer , I will say this it will DO it it don't DIG it! ,I am pulling a tad over 6,000 lbs , but here is the kicker add a cab full of you friends or family ,and their gear , and drinking water or what have you, then you have issues! this being said , concider the % of driving time and then % of towing time , and what weight in adition to the trailer.

For daily driver I love my screw , for towing I still like it very much. but I know I am being hard on it expecially in rocky mountains!

noteworthy , is the fact that I had a faild Transmission at 24,000mi. Did the towing cause this? I doubt it , because there were no warning signs at all and the truck did just fine on the trips with the trailer . Was towing a factor ? can't help but think that in some way the towing contributed to it , Ford did replace the transmission no questions asked , and I was happy for that!

hope this helps. Skully

 

Especially with the new 3.73 gears, the SCREW w/5.4 won't have any problem with that weight. That's about what my camaro/trailer/gear weighs... and haven't had any problems with an '01. It does downshift quite a bit on hills, but I'm hoping the gears will help that considerably.

jC.

 

What is a good tounge weight to shoot for?? Is there some kind of technique of waht you should have for a given trailer weight, should it be the same all the time, or what??? I am going to be pulling an enclosed trailer that weighs around 2100 empty. I know the empty tounge weight is under 200 because my buddy and I can lift it fairly easy. The question is I will be putting a 3000lb car in it and I can pretty much put the car where I want, which will shift the tounge weight around. Is there like an ideal target weight to shoot for that pulls better?? Give me any advice or recommendations please.

 

Galaxy,

I pull a 23' cuddy cabin that weighs about the same and I found that around 350# or so tongue load to work the best for me with my '01 Scab. My hitch has the 500/5,000# rating.

It seems any less and things like to bounce around on rough pavement and any more the coupler on my surge brakes doesn't seem to work as smoothly.

I think a ballpark figure is around 8 to 12 % of trailer weight should be on the tongue, but I've heard 7 to 15% also.

What helps me also is wrapping the receiver insert with a couple turns of duct tape to take the play out of the hitch. Eliminates the rattle when unloaded too.