Anyone pulling a travel trailer in the 30ft 6500lbs range with a 2013 supercrew fx4 ecoboost? Love to hear feed back.

 

I'm not, but just to get the discussion started, let's make sure we're talking about the same thing.
is that 6500 lbs fully loaded? or a dry weight? 30 feet is a pretty long trailer, but I guess it could be 6500 lbs GVW.
Another consideration on a trailer that long, especially with a sueprcrew, is tonge weight/payload. people use 10% of weight as a tonge weight, but really you should measure it on a proper scale to know for sure. if the water tanks or cargo are forward, it could be higher.

 

6500 dry weight. so likely add on a bit more weight one packed up. just curious people pulling that much weight with a truck like mine. what can be expected from performance from the truck.

 

The truck will do a fantastic job with the trailer as long as it's setup correctly. 10-15% tongue weight isn't optional, as scary handling can result from even the best of tow vehicles with improper tongue weight.

I can hold speed on any interstate grade I wish below 3,000 RPMs with mine without fuss, these things do an amazing job with a trailer.

And if you're interested in how your truck compares with a diesel Super Duty dragging something heavy up a steep hill, check out THIS THREAD.

 

You really need to find out the loaded weight of that trailer. It won't be "a little more", it's a heck of a lot more. with tanks full and all your gear, food and beer on board, it'll be a thousand pounds easily. Well, I guess that depends on how much beer you bring. . . .


Anyway, the power of that engine is fine, it'll do fine. Your only concern is payload.

 

I've got a '13 OffRoad pkg f150 w the 3.55 rearend Ecoboost 4x4 SuperCrew with a 2012 jayco jayflight 28BHS 30' travel trailer. It weighs about 7000lbs fully loaded. Mine pulls it flawlessly! I had a 2011 with the 5.0, it was a dog compared to the ecoboost!

 

I just pulled my 24' travel trailer from Phoenix to San Diego yesterday. I have a 2012 FX4 with the Ecoboost and 3.73 gears and 33" tires. This truck pulls amazing. I could hold speed on the interstate in 6th gear most of the time. A slight grade or noticible headwind it would drop to 5th. I was averaging over 9mpg on the city freeways but that dropped to around 7mpg on the open interstate.

 

thanks. glad to hear. have same truck looking into buying a Hideout 27dbs.

 

thanks, i miss quoted on the little bit, i was thinking about an extra 800lbs. if i need to save weight i guess i will have to drink rum....twist my arm

 

just checked out the thread, very cool. i am excited to get out and start towing with my truck. hope it works as good as yours!

 

oooor, just bring the same weight of drinks when you bring rum! now that's a party!

 

Don't go by the mfg sticker, that does not include options such as stove, oven, microwave, a/c, awning.....

 

your safest bet is to go off of the GVWR on the trailer. which i would guess is around 10,000 for a trailer that size.

figure 10-12% of the GVWR for tongue weight for a regular TT, and 15-17% tongue weight (empty) if it is a toy hauler type.

if you don't have the Max Tow package, you *could* run into problems overloading the truck with the tongue weight of the TT at maximum loaded weight. the only way to know is to take it to a scale.

but to get in the ball park, using the GVWR of the trailer, and 12% of that for tongue weight (1200lbs if 10,000 GVWR), then take your payload rating on your door sticker and subtract the tongue weight and see what you have left. This will let you guess on the safe side to see if it is even possible without severely overloading the truck.

If you have a crew cab with out max tow, you probably have about 1500lbs payload capacity (unless it is a lariat or platinum, in which case it is probably closer to 1200). If you have max tow, you probably have about 1700lbs payload (1500 for the upscale models)

.... so a really big TT might be riding the bubble.....

 

It's not that big Mike. The 27dbs has a shipping weight of 6,500 lbs and a carrying capacity of around 1,300 as per the manufacturer. Meaning a max GVWR of under 8,000 lbs and max axle weight of 7,000 lbs.

 

I believe the factory frame mounted hitch has a 500lb tongue weight capacity unless you're using a weight distribution hitch, then you could have a heavier tongue weight.