Well Ive seen a few people pulling 16ft gooseneck, horse trailers with F150s, although, a lot of aluminum gooseneck stock trailers weigh only 2000lbs, add 3 horses to that 1200 each, your at 5600lbs, either way, you pay more for the bigger sized truck or for the lighter trailer..

 

That setup is certainly well within the capability of the F-150, and that type of situation is why they rate an F-150 for a 5th wheel. It has its uses.

Again, the argument isn't whether or not you can pull a 5th wheel with an F-150, the issue is whether or not you can pull a 5th wheel CAMPER with an F-150.

The general consensus (Chester being the exception) is that the choices of 5th wheel campers that realistically won't exceed the factory 5th wheel towing specs are few and far between.

Thus far, nobody has provided an example of a full-size 5th wheel with a full over-bed sleeper that won't exceed the GVWR of the truck, the GAWR of the rear axle, or the payload capacity of the bed (or all three). There may be some smaller models without full sized sleepers over the bed that are within the truck's limits on paper, but once loaded, the realistic weights put the truck at or very near the manufacturers specs.

Advising someone to tow without regards to those specs is irresponsible and wreckless at best, regardless of one's personal experience doing so.

 

You just said it yourself. According to you, you're still under vehicle ratings. BTW, my truck weighs just under 5,600 lbs as it sits. That's with 2 (full) mounted tool boxes a 150lb chain, air tank, rubber bed mat, fire gear in the back seat, a permanent SOLID gooseneck hitch, and me in it. That leaves 650lbs to play with even now. If I took some of my crap out, I would easily have the 1350lbs of capacity needed. If you really wanted to, you could remove your reciever hitch and get a lot more weight freed up too. But it's not necessary.

It's your truck. Do what you want to with it. I'll do the same with mine.

 

It's just a matter of time until someone does something that they read in a blog; then they get hurt, hurt someone or even break something and the person who recommended it on the blog will get sued.

I err on the conservative............or I don't respond.

 

My example had 300 pounds of payload left for the driver (150), any passengers (spouse, 2 kids = 300), the hitch itself (most of those sliders are 200) and any other cargo you'd be taking on a camping trip (unknown weight?). And my exmple assumed you found a trailer w/ only 15% tounge wiehgt as most are in the 20% range with some up to 25%. So, how can a family of 4 be under the payload/GVWR of an F-150 towing a 5th wheel RV?

So, 650 left for payload and 15% tounge weight gives you a max trailer weight of 4333 pounds. Anything you'd take out of your truck to increase availible payload would be added back by camping gear and other passengers.

I agree and do. I just don't advise every numbnut on the internet to ignore Ford's specs.

 

Here ya go.
http://www.burkhaltertrailers.com/Go...STK/82439.html

http://www.burkhaltertrailers.com/gooseneck.html

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-2007-PONDERO...QQcmdZViewItem

 

Wow!! Those things are mondo-heavy!!! 4000 lbs empty!! Wow! 6000 lb axles on that one!! That's WAY more than you could pull safely with an F-150. (unless you're Chester, of course, in which case, that's only about 1/5 of what you can pull)

 

You didn't know that these trailers require 6K-8K axles. That's a common occurance, even found on 12ft trailers.

Those first two links of trailers, are the most pathetic looking trailers I've seen. They sure wouldn't sell around here.

Try http://www.titantrailer.com/stock/stock_gooseneck.htm

and http://www.featherlitemfg.com/traile....cfm?cat=stock these are trailers.

Here's some that are for sale. http://www.btandf.com/inventory/view...Name=livestock you'll have to click on the picture to see the length.

 

Well ain't that a cute little gooseneck. I don't think I've ever seen one of those in my part of the country. Almost everyone has 5 or 6x16 bumper or 6x20 or 24 gooseneck.

Why buy a 16' gooseneck stock trailer? If you have a pickup that's gonna pull a gooseneck, then you might as well go and get at least a 20' one.

I think a 6x20 or 6x24 would meet all of my needs if I ever need to get a stock trailer.

I'd go with a non wood floor too.

But if the sky was the limit, I'd definitely go with the Featherlite. It never has to be painted, it's lighter, and it's very rust resistant.

 

The GOOSENECK company makes 16's as well.

http://www.gooseneck.net/262123.html

 

**** you.
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