My experience with Jayco is that 635 tongue will be more like 800+ by the time you are loaded. Watch it carefully.

I suggest to ANYONE pulling a trailer, BUY A SHERLINE SCALE! They are accurate enough to give you tongue weights, and allow you to transfer loads between the front and rear of the trailer to adjust your tongue weight. Here's a link:

http://www.sherline.com/scales.htm

I used mine on the last POS we had and found their 435 pound tongue was 925.

 

What it does say on the sticker is towing package, but not max towing in the options. I tow a 2400lb loaded bass boat. Should this standard FX4 feature be ok? Or do I just get the XLT sitting next to it for almost the same price 300difference, and it has the max towing package?

 

sml175, next time start your own thread.

Standard towing package is fine for towing that boat. If you plan to upgrade to a larger boat at some time, the Max tow package may be beneficial.

 

Thanks, I thought this was for FX4 questions.

 

I tow a toy hauler that weighs around 6600# empty, with a 750# tw with propane tanks full. By the time i get basic equipment onboard and put a little water in the tank for washing hands, emergency restroom, etc; the trailer weighs around 7200#, with my quads and riding gear I'm a little over 8000#. I regularly tow the trailer up and down 6% grades going to the desert and Pismo beach. The problem with the F150 in a real-world towing situation is the transmission temperature. The Triton V8 will never, EVER overheat before your transmission does, it's an extremely bullet-proof engine. My ATF temps will be at around 210* (50* over their cruising temp), while my CHT will be at around 214 (4* over cruising temps) by the time I get to the top of a steep grade. The transmission will always be your weak link in the F150's power train. If I could re-buy a trailer, I'd probably stick under 5500# dry weight (it will always weigh 500-700# more after options are installed) just to give me the flexibility to tow with more water, more gear, and less strain on the truck.

By the way my truck is a 07 FX4 with 5.4. 35" tires with 4.56 gears, troyer efans, K&N intake, Gryphon with custom tunes, etc.

 

amsoil fluid with fan controlled aux cooler will sove tranny temps from rising.

 

I'd stick to the 7,000 empty, 9,000 loaded area. My 27' Jayco eagle is right about that area and we pulled 1,400 miles round trip to Disney, no problems. That's with a 05 F150, 5.4, 3.73's super cab 4x4.

 

I agree and like you I pull right at the "limit" of my truck's specs. This last trip over the weekend I pulled my 25ft Toyhauler from Vegas to Bakersfield (Jawbone Canyon) and I weighed my rig on a CAT scale for the 1st time ever before I left and I was VERY surprised by the numbers. My truck with me in it and a full tank of gas is 6130lbs (4x4 5.4 Supercab 8ft bed 7lug w/ 33's and 4.10) and with my trailer full of water, gear, 2quads and 2 dirtbikes I was 15320 lbs giving me a trailer weight of 9190 lbs. I tow with OD off, 55-60mph and pulling the steep grades coming out of stateline or the 16mile hill outside of Baker CA , I choose to climb at 45mph with about 50% throttle and I am not tearing up my truck. I have an intake and catback exhaust with no tuner and I feel this is acceptable for my situation and I get about 9mpg overall.

Even if I had the power to tow any faster I would not want 15300lbs barreling down the hwy at higher speeds. This past trip I had a blowout on 5month old Maxxis tires and I believe that my speed played a part in keeping everything under control. Do you think an F250/350 is going to be any more "safe" if you have blowouts at 75-80mph?

 

Actually, it would be. The heavier your tow rig the more control is has over a wayward trailer. Still not smart to tow that fast, but I do think it would be more "safe" in a 250/350.

 

Totally agree - and apparently several states agree too - 55 mph speed limit while towing.

 

2010 F150 screw. 5.4L 3.31 Gr. Sway ctrl towing 2015 outback terrain. 6000Lb dry. 30 ft. w/d hitch No problems at all going over Vail pass. 11000Ft. Slow & steady seem to be key. Typical gas mileage 9.5 mpg. A lot of people i have talked to said the truck would not handle the load but just as many said it should not be a problem. I have only three trips under my belt but so far i have impressed with the performance of the F150. I was very surprised how well the TT pulls. Do need to upgrade shocks. Time well tell if i made a newbe mistake. There is a lot to learn.