Nah, wasn't thinking about it at the time I had it done, lol


I have trailer brakes also and I went with the P3 brake controller. I would have went dual axle also just for the piece of mind but the tolls around here will kill you with a tandem axle, lol. I also painted the inside.

 

Very good point. My band has an E350 and tandem axle trailer, the tolls in NJ/PA/MD on i95 are horrible. Probably some of the worst in the country. However, nothing beats the 10,000.00 Yen (about $91.00 USD) toll on a 30 mile stretch on road in Japan we (well, our Japanese driver) had to pay. ha

 

im not positive about the 5000Lbs. just pretty sure i read it in the owners manual awhile back. its raining right now so im not going out to get it, plus most people on here know more than me so ill take your word for it. it may have been less weight than i thought it was inside the trailer because my truck's rear end only dropped about an inch or 2 when the trailer was loaded up. and yeah the speed limit sign on the fender was 55mph, i was going the speed limit on the road for about 600 miles which was 75mph. but after awhile you just get tired of driving and just want to get there. i was surprised at how well it did tho. but yeah 85mph when it was level and usually bogged down to about 75 up hills. only had to downshift into 3rd gear once going about 60mph but it was dropping kinda quick. but i also got ok gas mileage for hauling and going at those speeds. the trip average was 13.8mpg. i just came back with my brother to PA and just my cab halfway packed with stuff and going 10mph over the speed limit the whole way(which was mostly 70 so we were going 80ish) and i got an average of 19.5mpg using 87 octane the whole way. i dont use 85 in CO, i can tell the difference between when i have 85 or 87.
my first half tank i got 16.8mpg because i was following right at the distance where the air being pushed out from my brother's explorer was hitting my trucks front end. so i dropped back to about 200ft behind him and thats when i got over 19.

 

Try a 26' v nose..



hauled it 10 miles from home with my ultralight wings inside, so no weight at all. The only time i was worried was when I had to start from a dead stop on an uphill, and had to do it quick to get out of the way of traffic, that hurt the clutch a little. Other than that, i left it in 4th gear and it pulled fine. I think people over react on how much weight you can pull. I'd tow a 25' camper if you'd let me, just have to take it easy, accelerate slowly and leave lot of room from cars ahead of you.


And I know my truck is dirty, but live down a dirt road and it had been raining for 2 days straight.
Truck: 2007 F-150 Reg Cab 4.2 5spd - MBRP SI/DO Split Side - AMSOIL 5w20 XL w/ WIX filter - 1 16" eBay fan w/ hayden controller - K&N Intake - P&P Throttle Body - 3.73 w/ Detroit Truetrac - 2" AS leveling - 1 1/2"Add-A-Leaf + AS 1 1/2" blocks - 33" BFG A/T - Screamin Demon coil + Livewires - SCT Livewire w/ custom dyno tune

 

Ha, that's awesome. How much does that trailer weigh unloaded?

 

I don't know how much it weighs. I'm more one of those "If you can hook on to it, you can haul it" type of person lol that's something i should look into tho.

Me and my brother are looking at getting an older 20' camper. I plan on hauling it across Ontario, and I'm not worried one bit about my truck. Might be a little slow going up hills, thats all

 

Not to steal from this thread, but I like the idea of 3.73's. Nice job on the mods.

 

The official limitation is the manual transmission and clutch. The chassis and the rest of the driveline can handle 7000# no problem.