Max Trailer weight
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Max Trailer weight
Hello, the sticky if the calculator is not working and just want to verify I'm figuring this right. After a horrible camping experience the wife and I decided to get a camper. Truck in question is 2021 f150 3.5 ecoboost 4x4 with the max tow package (13,800lbs). From what I can find i calculate the curb weight (GVWR 7,050lbs minus payload 1,757lbs) 5,293. 13,800-5,293= max trailer weight 8,507lbs? Does this sound right at all?
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From: Joplin MO
That's not how the math works. The weight of the truck plus payload plus trailer tongue weight should not exceed GVWR. You will reach that before you reach the advertised max tow weight of 13,800# You will need a weight distribution hitch.
Load up the truck with everything you will be carrying in the truck and bed when you go camping, and go run it over a truck scale. Subtract the weight from the GVWR to get the max tongue weight. A properly loaded trailer should have a tongue weight between 8 and 15 % of its gross weight, 12% is ideal. If you are pushing the limit, load the cargo in the trailer instead of the cab and bed.
If I owned that truck, I don't think I'd buy a trailer that grosses out over 9000# unless the only things that will be in the cab and bed are you and your wife. Even though your math is flawed, the number you came up with is reasonable. If I wanted a trailer any bigger than that I'd get an F250.
Load up the truck with everything you will be carrying in the truck and bed when you go camping, and go run it over a truck scale. Subtract the weight from the GVWR to get the max tongue weight. A properly loaded trailer should have a tongue weight between 8 and 15 % of its gross weight, 12% is ideal. If you are pushing the limit, load the cargo in the trailer instead of the cab and bed.
If I owned that truck, I don't think I'd buy a trailer that grosses out over 9000# unless the only things that will be in the cab and bed are you and your wife. Even though your math is flawed, the number you came up with is reasonable. If I wanted a trailer any bigger than that I'd get an F250.
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That's not how the math works. The weight of the truck plus payload plus trailer tongue weight should not exceed GVWR. You will reach that before you reach the advertised max tow weight of 13,800# You will need a weight distribution hitch.
Load up the truck with everything you will be carrying in the truck and bed when you go camping, and go run it over a truck scale. Subtract the weight from the GVWR to get the max tongue weight. A properly loaded trailer should have a tongue weight between 8 and 15 % of its gross weight, 12% is ideal. If you are pushing the limit, load the cargo in the trailer instead of the cab and bed.
If I owned that truck, I don't think I'd buy a trailer that grosses out over 9000# unless the only things that will be in the cab and bed are you and your wife. Even though your math is flawed, the number you came up with is reasonable. If I wanted a trailer any bigger than that I'd get an F250.
Load up the truck with everything you will be carrying in the truck and bed when you go camping, and go run it over a truck scale. Subtract the weight from the GVWR to get the max tongue weight. A properly loaded trailer should have a tongue weight between 8 and 15 % of its gross weight, 12% is ideal. If you are pushing the limit, load the cargo in the trailer instead of the cab and bed.
If I owned that truck, I don't think I'd buy a trailer that grosses out over 9000# unless the only things that will be in the cab and bed are you and your wife. Even though your math is flawed, the number you came up with is reasonable. If I wanted a trailer any bigger than that I'd get an F250.