Trailer question
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By the time you have all your personal stuff in it, I believe you will be over 7800 lbs. You probably won't have any probs pulling it, just be darned careful trying to stop it!!
You will be buying new front pads a little more often....That weight would be better served by a F250.
You will be buying new front pads a little more often....That weight would be better served by a F250.
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Originally Posted by d-hol
Wonder how they advertise the new F-150 pick up able to tow 11,000 lbs is that false advertisement? I see the comercial all the time
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Originally Posted by d-hol
Wonder how they advertise the new F-150 pick up able to tow 11,000 lbs is that false advertisement? I see the comercial all the time
"Make sure vehicle payload (reduced by option weight) will accommodate trailer tongue load weight and weight of passengers and cargo added to towing vehicle. Addition of trailer tongue/pin load weight and weight of passengers and cargo cannot cause vehicle weights to exceed rear GAWR or GVWR. These ratings can be found on the vehicle Safety Compliance Certification Label."
http://www.fleet.ford.com/showroom/r...crp16Aug06.pdf
This is not false advertising, just marketing. Your results in the field may vary. All auto manufactures always show the "best case" scenario. And then to make matters worse the RV industry ups it some more when they tell you what RV trailer you can buy and pull with your 4.2L F150
http://www.fleet.ford.com/showroom/r...07_default.asp
Hope this helps
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Yah thanks it does help. I tried looking all that stuff up in my owners manual. I could not even find my wheelbase in there. I looked it up on my sticker and it says wheel base is 139 inches there is not a 139 inch wheel base on the chart. I have the 4wd, FX4, 4 door F-150 w/18 inch tires. I just bought a 2008 Puma trailer with a dry weight of 6800 hope its ok.
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Originally Posted by d-hol
Yah thanks it does help. I tried looking all that stuff up in my owners manual. I could not even find my wheelbase in there. I looked it up on my sticker and it says wheel base is 139 inches there is not a 139 inch wheel base on the chart. I have the 4wd, FX4, 4 door F-150 w/18 inch tires. I just bought a 2008 Puma trailer with a dry weight of 6800 hope its ok.
Depending on your engine and gears, you have GCVWR of 11,000 - 15,000Lbs so max available towing capacity is 5,100 - 9,200lbs. This is from the chart in the links i posted above. If you have the Harley Edition you have the lowest payload capacity.
You really need to weigh your truck and Trailer at a CAT scale. BTW the 6800 dry weight of your Puma is before you add water (at 8lbs per gallon), propane, food, blankets, pots & pans etc. You will be suprised how much your Puma weighs when you have it loaded. Weigh your rig so that you don't overload it and also pay attention to your GAWR they are on your sticker as well.
Good luck
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Well that explains that (wheelbase) but how and the F is the average Joe suppost to know that? haha confusing and frustraing to say the least. What is the basic opinon of those chips that increase HP?
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Before you "chip" that '07, you may want to have a chat with your service manager to get his feelings on the subject; any engine/tranny problems could be blamed on the chip and cost you $$$ because you "modded" your 150 in violation of the warranty.
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Again!!! Listen...it isn't how much you can pull! Or how fast you can go with it, it's how much can you SAFELY pull and STOP that beast!! If you upgrade your "pulling power", upgrade your STOPPING POWER too!
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Originally Posted by d-hol
I just bought a 2008 Puma trailer with a dry weight of 6800 hope its ok.
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Originally Posted by BPofMD
Again!!! Listen...it isn't how much you can pull! Or how fast you can go with it, it's how much can you SAFELY pull and STOP that beast!! If you upgrade your "pulling power", upgrade your STOPPING POWER too!
My rig and set up is totaly different than yours, but I have to darn well think ahead before applying brakes. And I am under my tow rating by 2000 lbs.
I have a prodigy controller, and good brakes all around.
Just vision that rig pushing you through a red light. I seen the results of that about two years ago. A huge fiver pushed a F-350 through a busy intersection. Or I should say tried to do so, before his rig was demolished by a tractor trailer rig. No one died, but panties needed cleaning!
Last edited by smokestone52; May 7, 2007 at 07:34 PM.