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What does all these numbers mean?

 

You can tow 9900lbs with a weight distributing hitch, and 5000lbs with a regular hitch.

 

what if I wanted to get a fifth wheel...nothing too big.
What can I haul (weight wise)?
2006 F150 Super crew 4X4 5.4

 

The 5th wheel doesn't increase the GVWR or the tow rating. You will also have issues with the short bed.

 

Thats not a problem, they make a special hitch for Short boxes called a slider or glider hitch. (Name depends on brand and style).

They all do the same thing though, you lock the trailer brakes, pull the pins on the hitch, then pull forward with trailer brakes locked sliding the hitch further back in the bed. Release trailer brakes and continue backing. Just be sure to recenter the hitch over the axle before towing down the road or it will be a bumpy ride.

 

Supercrews are not rated for 5th wheel towing, even though people do it. Also, I don't recommend a 1/2 pickup for 5th wheel trailers (especially RV's) as the pin wight will likely put the truck over GVWR.

 

lightweight 5th wheel i.e 18-22 ft pin wieght would be very little ( under 1000lbs)

 

the numbers youve posted are what the hitch is capable of handleing, not what the truck is. That same hitch could be under a corolla, and that doesnt mean a little 4cyl can pull 9k pounds.....

 

Be fun to see it try though. That is unless the front wheels were off the ground.

 

Find one.

I've done the math a few times on here. 1600 pounds of payload availible minus a 250 pound hitch, 500 pounds of passengers, and some camping cargo. Take what's left and divide by the pin weight percentage of a given trailer. As an example, let's say 850 pounds availible with no camping cargo because it's all in the trailer and the minimum 5th wheel pin wieght of 15%. That leaves a tailer of 5667 pounds puts the 1/2 ton truck at GVWR. If the trailer has 20% or 25% pin weight, then you'll be shopping for a trailer that weighs 4250 or 3400 pounds.

Now those trailer weights are ready to go camping cross the scales, not unlaoded vehicle weight that the RV manufacturers/salespeople like to push.

 

Yep, and what's the point of a 3400-4250lb 5th wheel trailer? Tighter turns?

 

It can be done... heck, if a 2001 Toyota Tundra can do it (don't ask me how I know that) then a newer F-150 sure can.

Seriously, the 1/2 tons can handle a 5th wheel. But they have to be the smaller light weight ones. I seriously consdiered one for a long time but there is such limited selection with these that I finally gave up and went with the travel trailer... and we happy.

 

I worked with a guy that tows a 24' gooseneck flatbed w/ a 150. I think it was a 99 or 98, and I don't know what engine he had, but I have seen him headed down the highway at 60mph with that trailer loaded. He hauls 13 big round bales of hay. my estimates put the hay at over 18000#.

NOTE: First time I saw this headed down the road the general discussion in my truck was WHAT A JACKASS!! and why.

It can do it, but you better have good trailer brakes and no state patrol in your area.