Towing horses...do you?
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Towing horses...do you?
I'm getting a couple more horses here soon to make a total of 3. One horse is only 13.5 hands and the other two are around 16 hands.
I'm looking at a Featherlight 3-horse trailer with a GVW of 7K (plus some change). It should carry all three horses w/ tack with no problem.
Anyone here regularly or even semi-regularly tow that weight with thier 5.4L equipped truck? I'm getting the "itch" to upgrade even before I get the horses and trailer!
I need to be talked out of looking at the 05 V10 Crew Cab...
Let me know that the F150 can tow 7K with no real problems...PLEASE!
I'm looking at a Featherlight 3-horse trailer with a GVW of 7K (plus some change). It should carry all three horses w/ tack with no problem.
Anyone here regularly or even semi-regularly tow that weight with thier 5.4L equipped truck? I'm getting the "itch" to upgrade even before I get the horses and trailer!
I need to be talked out of looking at the 05 V10 Crew Cab...Let me know that the F150 can tow 7K with no real problems...PLEASE!
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From: Foothills, CA
Ours is not quite that heavy: the trailer is heavier at 3300 lbs (all steel double wall) than that nice Featherlite of yours will be and it's only a 2 horse slant w/ tack, but with our horses and gear bring us up to about 6k lbs in the trailer. We usually have dogs and other gear in the back of the vehicle -- maybe another 500 lbs or so.
This is all behind our 2000 Expedition (5.4), and we tow a lot in the hills. The Expedition can get the job done, so no doubt an F150 would even do better. I'd likely go with a distributing hitch with your kind of weight.
We also have a '99 PSD 4x4 F250, but my wife prefers the turning on the Expedition, so that's what usually gets used. Of course, I certainly wouldn't try to discourage you from a nice new Superduty either! That would be a sweet tow!
good luck!
This is all behind our 2000 Expedition (5.4), and we tow a lot in the hills. The Expedition can get the job done, so no doubt an F150 would even do better. I'd likely go with a distributing hitch with your kind of weight.
We also have a '99 PSD 4x4 F250, but my wife prefers the turning on the Expedition, so that's what usually gets used. Of course, I certainly wouldn't try to discourage you from a nice new Superduty either! That would be a sweet tow!
good luck!
