A friend of mine has a Rockwood 2104, and he tows it with a '04 GMC Yukon. He tells me his usual load is him and his wife and all their stuff for a few weeks or months, however long they plan on staying out. And whenever they leave a campground they dump all unnesecary stuff (water tanks). The Yukon hauls that load fine, good controller and a WD hitch. But he is also a member of my paintball team, and when they fill up the truck with 7-8 people and the trailer with all the gear it had a tough time towing all of it over some hills. Last time we went somewhere with the team and that load, we hooked the trailer up to my truck. '04 150 4x4 #1400 WD Reese hitch, put as much gear as we could in the bed (I have a cap) and the rest in the trailer, put the rest of the people in a minivan. Three people in my truck too. Went over a truck scale just for S&G, total mass: truck, trailer, 35.7 gallon tank full, people and all the crap that comes with them was over 11k. My stock 5.4 pulled it with little trouble. Went 6 hours with only one stop from Cabela's in Dundee to the OH-PA border, relatively flat smooth road. Stopped for an hour and let the truck cool and refueled and did it all over again, this time through the western PA. Ran fine. Your, F-150 when properly equipped can pull a lot, it's a matter of how you treat the load. Good WD hitch, brake controller, and well maintained truck.

 

i just wanted to offer some more info to your decision, not to confuse anyone but just something that no dealer will ever show you. It is not always about weight, length can play just as big of a part in safe towing. Here is a great tool to use.....I found it through the goodsam website. I spent weeks researching before I found the perfect trailer for my family and my truck.

hope this helps.

Okay, the first guideline:

For the first 110" of wheelbase, this allows you 20' of trailer.
For each additional 4" of wheelbase, this gets you 1' more of trailer.

Here is a chart:

http://www.rvtowingtips.com/how-long.htm

I have a crew cab with short bed....138.5" wheelbase...so my max trailer length should be 27'.

 

Normally on a bumper hitch set up the tongue weight of the trailer is really just hanging off the rear most bolts of the reciever hitch. By installing a WD set up, it twists down on the front of the reciever putting more weight onto the truck further forward making all 6-8 bolts of the hitch take the weight transfering more weight forward onto the vehicle.

I hope this makes sense.

 

I have been towing a 2006 Keystone VR1 297FLS that has a shipping weight about 800+ more pounds than yours and it tows great. I have an 07 FX4 Screw 3.73 and Troyer 93 tow. Just take it easy and don't try to get in a hurry. Mine has weight distrubution hitch and a Husky Journey Hd brake contoller.

 

I'm sure you will move the trailer, but not knowing where you intend on pulling and how often, I can't say how well. I've got a trailer just under 7,000, and the tongue weight is close to what you are looking at. With my 2008 Supercrew, I'm well over payload, and just over the gross combined. I'd watch your payload and GVWR, too. The tongue weights listed for your trailer are approaching 800 pounds, and there isn't a propane bottle, battery, spare tire, etc. included in that number yet. They never include those items on the tongue weight.

Not knowing your cab style, I'm sure your pushing the limits if you have a Screw, but a Scab might save you. I'm looking at going with a Superduty next as I haul four passengers, and can't put a thing in the bed of my truck before exceeding the GVWR and the payload. It's just stupid. Read your owner's manual... it's really enlightening on how they figure we can haul a CGWR of 14,500 or more - it's with a fully EMPTY truck and only a 230 pound driver - that's it.

After a full season of dragging mine with an F-150 I outfitted for towing, I am not as impressed. Of course, I'm a diesel guy for a long time, but would love to see an F-150 make the ratings. Oh, and mine booked at 1640 payload, but showed up with only 1329. That skroood me.

 

Smoke, didn't we advise you to stick with a Super Duty before you got the 150?

 

Oh, I am sure if I looked back I'd find a few that told me so. I just try to make my trades as equitable as I can when we trade, and last time, the F-150 seemed to be just fine. Although I never could get myself to love pulling my trailer like all my diesels, I actually DID get used to it and figured that for the times I pull a year versus the miles I drive empty, I could accept the F-150's abilities and performance. You just can't beat the ride of an F-150 for a truck as a daily driver IMO.

Well, that was until our trailer got mixed in the works and we had to make a change there to a trailer with different proportions... longer, heavier, etc. Then, and only then did I notice the F-150 had a payload that was substantially reduced from what it was "booked" to have when I ordered it. The new trailer tongue weight alone threw all the equations off, and suddenly I found the ratings well off on several accounts, not just GVW.

Anyway, that's history. Off to the new one now. A long as payloads on the new F-150 Supercrews actually come in at 1,200, I'm out.

 

Good move! That's a nice looking 350.