A little help needed!!

[LilboltM]

Ok guys and gals I am at a dilemma, so I have a ford f150 supercrew with the 4.6. Has the full tow package so on and so forth, well I hooked it up to my dads camper today because we are leaving for yogi bear park Wednesday morning. here is the kicker the truck pulls the I wanna say 38 ft dream house quite well as far as power I was a little surprised but it sure puts a lot of weight on the rear of my truck which as we all know takes the front up. Is it really worth it to put helper bags on? I am gonna try to adjust the sway bars in the morning and see if that helps any.... Anybody have then on half tons??

[Pullersboy]

You have a 38' bumper pull on a half ton truck w/ a 4.6L V8? What's the tounge weight of the trailer? Do you have a weight distribution hitch on it? I had a 29' trailer that was waaaay too much for the half ton truck I had at the time....even with the 1,000 lbs weight distribution hitch. It wasn't only a matter of tounge weight either. The suspension would also be swaying alot. I had to keep it really slow. Like 50 mph on the highway....that didn't last long. I went back to a 3/4 ton diesel.

[60 Deluxe]

Ford builds good trucks but you have to know the limitations for the model you own. I don't have the specs in front of me but if memory serves me correctly, 6500 pounds towing weight is the max for an F150. I sold my 150 because it was a little too limp wristed to do what I need a truck to do. I didn't even like the way that it towed a 3000 lb. boat. The suspension was too squishy. You could probably do some weight distribution and get your front end down but you still might burn up the transmission. I suggest that you do some research, call a dealership, google information, whatever it takes to see if you own enough horse to pull that wagon. Get facts and not opinions then you will know for sure.

[az2tx]

You have a 38' bumper pull on a half ton truck w/ a 4.6L V8? What's the tounge weight of the trailer? Do you have a weight distribution hitch on it? I had a 29' trailer that was waaaay too much for the half ton truck I had at the time....even with the 1,000 lbs weight distribution hitch. It wasn't only a matter of tounge weight either. The suspension would also be swaying alot. I had to keep it really slow. Like 50 mph on the highway....that didn't last long. I went back to a 3/4 ton diesel.

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That sure seems like way to much trailer for a 1/2 ton truck

[BTLowry]

I sure hope you have good brakes

Getting that beast stopped might be interesting

I would say 38' is way too much trailer for 1/2ton V6 but maybe these new trucks are different

[LilboltM]

It has electric breaks! I looked online and the specs said 8000 lbs tongue wait is 3500 and I do have a 1000lb weight distribution hitch! The trailer is supposedly rated for half ton towing.. i think I will probably just use a work truck and not risk it

[stickman]

I put 5k lb airbags on my older ford and they helped tremendously when towing some very heavy loads.

[MSU06]

That seems like a lot for a half ton. I've got a 28 ft camper that I tow with a 2015 F150 with the 5.0. It's a handful but handles it well. Dry it weighs 6800 and I think the max capacity for my pickup is 9000.

[CabezaBlanca]

It has electric breaks! I looked online and the specs said 8000 lbs tongue wait is 3500 and I do have a 1000lb weight distribution hitch! The trailer is supposedly rated for half ton towing.. i think I will probably just use a work truck and not risk it

This is were you're going wrong.