9,000# -7500# of ready to camp toyhauler plus 1500# of Harleys from Houston to Sturgis, South Dakota and back. I also had a P3 trailer brake controller and an Equilizer hitch. Tongue wieght is right at 1,000#.
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29' Sea Ray Sundancer. Around 8000 lb's.

 

I tow around 7000# I have a 29'Dutchmen lite TT. Around 5400#empty... I have a 2006 Screw 3.55 gears.. I use a weight Dist. hitch. It does pretty good, you know its back there up hill. :-)

 

I pull this 23' Chris Craft a few times per year. I think it's around a 8000# load. I know the trailer is slightly over 2000#'s. My truck pulls it pretty good now with the custom tuning and the 4.56 gears.

 

Raynic - what model toy hauler is that? I've been looking at a few by weekend warrior, jacyo and r-vision. Many of them quoted are around 5500 6000 dry. I have a victory hammer and a ducati monster to load, plus normal gear.

I'm curious to hear what your experiences towing are like.

 

It is a Weekend Warrior FB2200. I ordered it in May and took delivery in July. The brochure said it weight 5475#, but after a generator and other accessories it weighed out at 6868# dry. Looking back, if I'd have bought the Superlite series instead of the wide body, the FB2100 would have weighed in about 1000# lighter. The wide body has so many more features though.

Towing- It wasn't bad. I monitored my temperatures continously, turned the overdrive off and used an Equilizer weight distribtion and anti-sway hitch. Nebraska and South Dakota were pretty hilly. I definitely wasn't going to win any races. For the most part, it did fine. Mileage was 7-8 mpg. That hurt! But I proved to myself that the truck is capable.

 

Thanks for the feedback. I really like that FB2200 model. I spoke to a fellow using a Titan to tow one and he had similar remarks. Glad to hear the F150 is capable. It looks like with my bikes and the gear, I'd be probably a hair under 9000 pounds (I'd get the generator option as well), just under the 9400 limit.

How has the rear suspension held up? I guess when loaded with your bikes, it takes a bit of weight off the tongue, but curious how much it bounced around.

I'm not too keen on superlites of any kind. I've never seen clear explanations from the manufacturers on what is being skimped on to reduce the weight. If the materials used on superlites were still "equivalent" quality - why wouldn't the manufacturer put them on all units as well? However, I saw over on rv.net that a lot of those superlite owners are quite happy.

 

With my old 98 F150 XL 2wd, The most I had was a 300 gal water tank in the bed. Approx. 2500lbs or so.

With my 04 SCrew FX4 an 05 Salem LE 25 FB about 4700lbs dry and close to 6000lbs loaded. Using a WD hitch and Voyager brake controller

 

Rhin0,
My tongue weight without the bikes is around 850. With the bikes I went up to around 1,000#. Trailer doesn't bounce at all. I did install a set of Supersprings on the rear. That really stiffed up the suspension in the rear. As far as the Superlites go, I've also spoken to MANY owners and they all love them. They are around 8 inches narrower, but still great trailers. I am only speaking of the Weekend Warriors because those are what I know. I'd be glad to help you with any other information you may need to know.

 

I find this post a little humorous. The wife and I just bought a Jayco Expandable (26L) that scales at roughly 6,000# loaded. I posted on an RV site how I had issues flattening the springs on my 2007 F-150 Supercrew with our heavy pop-up last spring just because we basically bottomed-out the payload on the Supercrew with the tongue weight+cargo+passengers. I was curious how a Supercrew could handle our new rig with over three times the tongue weight, although many were hauling heavier rigs with no problem. Well, I received fair responses, but a few thought I was off my rocker. Here, in this post, many have posted hauling 6,000# as their heaviest tow, and make it sound like their trucks hauled it with no problems, but not like it was exciting, but OK. On the RV site, they make it sound like 6,000# is like nothing, a half-ton truck is actually a monster truck, and I am screwed in the head to think a half-ton (which is no longer a 1/2 ton) couldn't haul closer to 8,000 and 9,000 pounds like a dream. I see the key word is "hauling", but how do you manage the payload with the tongue weight - especially you guys with the 1,000# tongue weights? That means NOTHING in the bed of the truck - just passengers in the cab. With our old pop-up, we had no storage, so all the load was in the truck bed. Now, we can put all in our trailer, so I suppose I could handle it with an F-150, but nothing like the F-250. I am just trying to figure out why the springs were flat. I can't seem to calculate where the load was coming from, and I don't think I missed anything. I am sure we pushed the 1,550# payload, though.

 

My truck has a 7200 pound GVWR and a 1740 pound payload (SCAB 5.4L). 2 Passengers = 300 pounds and a 1000 pound tongue weight leaves 440 for fuel and some other b.s. in the bed. The math works fine for me.

I've towed with the truck before and power isn't an issue. If I end up buying a toyhauler that has some weight to it, I'd likely just add some airbags or new rear springs and a larger tranny pan. I've already got other power mods and the troyer towing tunes.

A bigger truck is not an option for me as it won't fit in my garage in center city phila (76" max height).

Raynik - thanks again. You've got me looking closely at the FS2300 model. I browsed over at RV.net and it appears that's a very popular model. I'll just make sure to measure the tongue thickness as that appears to have been an issue with earlier trailers!

 

The math? Well, I know that I am over on three limits. 1.) My trucks GVWR is 7200#. Truck+people+gas+gear+tongue weight= 7500#. I figure I pushed payload to 1900#2.) The trucks towing capacity is 8700# (due to the 18" wheels) and I'm at 9000#. 3.) My GCWR is 14,500# and I am at 15,500#. As far as the rear springs, the weight distribution hitch transfers some of the tongue weight back on the trailer axles and some to the front axles of the truck. I also installed the super springs on the rear, which according the them, increased my 'hauling' capacity to 3000#. Reading about your situation with the expandable, I guess the added springs really did help out more than I thought.

Rhin0, the FS2300 is one of the best selling superlites models. It's a great trailer. My wife just didn't like the sink not being in the bathroom or else I would probably would have bought one. I still feel that you can't go wrong with a Weekend Warrior.

 

By the way, just purchased a new F250. Pics to come.

 

With my old truck (97F150S/C 4x4, 5.4, 3.55LS) I weighed in at 6000 lbs on my trailer axles, and 7400 on my truck axles. This was with an older, custom built toyhauler(with 2 Yamaha Wolverines inside) plus two dirtbikes in the truck bed(along with fuel, water, and of course beverages). It handled it pretty well. I now have a 03 7700GVW which handles the load better.