Show us what your F-150 tows

[CSM]

Canada trip from earlier this year.

Sponsored

 

[Kidder]

Just a few different towing pics here. Uhaul was when I was hauling furniture and stuff from DFW to Kentucky. I picked up my uncle's Kubota and stopped by Mellow Mushroom in Somerset, KY for a reward. The tractor is my 53 Ford that I was moving from my garage in the suburbs to my work place climate controlled warehouse. It is going to be my retirement restoration project. At least I got it running after I bought it!

 

[turbopilot]

Just curious, as someone who would like to eventually pick up an Airstream, how is the tongue weight? How long is your trailer?

Well that is a long story. I only have 830 lbs on the tongue full loaded and ready to go, but to do that you will notice there is something missing from the tongue in the picture I posted. The full story is detailed in this build thread where I highly modified a 2022 Globetrotter to be easily towed by a 2023 loaded Platinum Powerboost. The actual 4 corner weight and balance is toward the end of the thread.

 

[joelle king]

Great pics

snaptube vidmate​

 

[780]

Well, my tow is a little underwhelming compared to others. But for those that haven’t seen it on other posts; one more time around. It’s a still nicely functional 1976 Bonaire. Original fridge still works and nearly all of the factory brown flowered Hippie curtains.

Nice! We had one as well!

 

[plannersteve]

NW Jets Lightning 218, about 6500# with trailer

 

[ValpoMike312]

OutDoors RV MTN--TRX TT. 20BD about 6155 lbs empty. All towed along via my 2021 PB King Ranch.
Truck doesn't have any issues with power, more than enuff, but if you push it hard it will drink a lot of fuel!

 

[CurlyPB23]

2023 Lariat PB 2023 Ember 221MSL 7k lbs loaded.

 

[Cajin Kevin]

2020 Jayco Jay Feather 24RL with my ‘21 PB. Trailer weighs about 5800lbs.

 

[Ranger96]

2023 grey wolf Cherokee 27RR. 34’ long and about 7500lbs loaded. The 3.5 pulls it fine.

 

[LCMM55]

My 2004 5.3L suburban in October 2021. 34ft coachman apex 293RLDS was just to heavy at 7600 pounds. Now i have a 2021 Powerboost but no pics of it connected to the trailer. Better than 25mph up hill in second gear on the interstate. Sold the Burb January of 2022 and bought the PB in February of 2022, 7 months old with 7000 miles for $55900 out the door. Sticker was $58335, almost new. Oh well, best around town vehicle gets better mileage than my 2019 VR6 VW Atlas.

 

[slow3v]

2023 grey wolf Cherokee 27RR. 34’ long and about 7500lbs loaded. The 3.5 pulls it fine.

Holy smokes!

 

[hammerhead2411]

'96 K1500 Burb. Think it weighs 6-7k, trailer is 2k. Front steel bumper is probably 300 or so.
Ecoboost has plenty of power, but the stock rear suspension struggles. Little sketchy on the highway.

 

[JExpedition07]

My 2004 5.3L suburban in October 2021. 34ft coachman apex 293RLDS was just to heavy at 7600 pounds. Now i have a 2021 Powerboost but no pics of it connected to the trailer. Better than 25mph up hill in second gear on the interstate. Sold the Burb January of 2022 and bought the PB in February of 2022, 7 months old with 7000 miles for $55900 out the door. Sticker was $58335, almost new. Oh well, best around town vehicle gets better mileage than my 2019 VR6 VW Atlas.

You mean to say the mighty Chevy 5.3L’s 285 horsepower and 320 lb ft wasn’t cutting it? I have never heard such a thing about that BEASTLY engine. It’s wild how far we’ve come with N/A motors, my 5.0L has 90 lb ft more torque at the exact same peak rpm as those era 5.3’s and 115 more horsepower. My dad had one, his last ever Chevy for a longggg time because the door panels kept ripping off and it sucked gas back like nothing else. Drove him over to Ford. He has since went back to GM for his van but still has a Ford F-250. That CRAZY thing is those vans are still gutless piles…..and they still have 285 HP

I drove his 2018 van with the small 5.3 LS motor last week and holy cow it has NO power. My 5.0 with my boat in tow with a full tank of gas and gear feels stronger than his empty van. Maybe some of it is the GM 6-speed. Wildly gutless.

 

[Buyer2021]

'96 K1500 Burb. Think it weighs 6-7k, trailer is 2k. Front steel bumper is probably 300 or so.
Ecoboost has plenty of power, but the stock rear suspension struggles. Little sketchy on the highway.

Not too surprising it was a "little sketchy on the highway". The trailer begs for the 'Burb to be a bit farther forward for better weight bias on the trailer, but the F150 suspension didn't like that much on the hitch.

BTDT, there's been times I wished for a WDH on my similar utility trailer.

Glad you found a tolerable compromise and got 'er home safely!

Sponsored