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You will have plenty of "pulling" power to move any trailer up to the rated towing weight for your truck.
What you have to be careful of is the Gross Weight Rating (GWR) of your truck and its Gross Axle Weight Ratings (GAWR). Your truck comes with a "Delivered Weight" which is somewhat higher than the "Base Weight Rating" due to optional equipment that has been installed (such as the trailer tow package). The "Delivered Weight" would be what it would weigh on a CAT scale with a full fuel tank and with you OUT of the truck.
Now comes the fun part: You must add your weight, the weight of any cargo and passengers you want to carry AND the tongue weight of the trailer you will tow, plus the Weight Distribution Hitch (WDH) you will probably need and make sure the total does not exceed the GWR or either of the GAWRs of your truck.
Again, the only way you know this for sure is to weigh everything on a suitable scale such as a CAT scale.
You can figure the tongue weight of any trailer you buy is between 10-15% of the total trailer weight (and I'd favor using the 15% value). A WDH is probably in the 60-70# range. So, subtracting those values from the GVW tells you how many people and how much other cargo you can safely load.
One more thing: Any trailer towing guide worth reading will tell you to try to keep the loads you are moving to no more than 80% of the max limits of your vehicle.
With all the above in mind, you're going to discover that you will be limited to a much smaller trailer than what the tow weight rating of the truck is. Again, the engine and transmission will "pull" it, but a big trailer will overload your suspension, wheels and tires.
Hope I haven't confused you too much. Your question doesn't have a simple answer.
Start with the sticker on the driver side front door. It will tell you how much the truck can HAUL. That will likely be the limiting factor. Look at the number listed as the maximum recommended weight of all passengers and cargo. If the truck can haul the tongue weight plus all the passengers and cargo in the truck, it will likely be within the GCVWR (gross combined vehicle weight rating, truck and trailer weight combined). A conservative estimate of the trailer tongue weight would be 15% of the trailer's GVWR. Also note in the Ford Towing Guide http://www.fleet.ford.com/resources/...Tgde_May19.pdf, with the 2.7 EB and any axle ratio less than 3.73, the frontal area recommended limit is 55 sq. ft.
Last edited by atwowheelguy; Apr 9, 2016 at 07:19 PM.
