What size trailer??

[buck12]

Your truck should be rated at around 7300-8300 lbs towing. Since it has the 3.55 rear end, you don't have the tow package which means no trans cooler, brake cooler, etc... Your hitch is probably only rated at 5,000 lbs towing / 500 lbs tongue unless you use a Weight Distribution hitch which you'll want anyways with that FX4 suspension which is softer than the normal suspension. Short trips will be fine but a 200 mile trip will quickly show any problems you may have.

So how many times have you towed with an F150 with a 3.55 rear end? Short gearing (3.73, 4.10) quickly makes up for a weak engine.

Last I checked, the only GM and Dodge trucks you had were 3/4 ton. So your saying a 3/4 ton truck is not more capable than an F150 for towing...?

I don't know about 07 but in 09 I bought a f150 with 3.55 gears and the tow package which included the tranny cooler. My truck is raster at 9600 lbs. I don't live in the mountains and tow about 6500 lbs twenty or less times a year. To date I am pleased with the truck.

 

[Dmace]

The Dodge as you know was a 2500 Hemi. It did no better than a properly equipped F-150 other than the larger brakes and suspension but pulling not much difference.

Yeah sure, I bet your Titan pulls even better than those GM and Dodge 3/4 ton's too. :laughing:
"other than the larger brakes and suspension"
That and about 50hp and 50 lb.ft of torque that also comes thousands of rpms sooner and stays longer but who needs those when towing. :laughing:

I don't know about 07 but in 09 I bought a f150 with 3.55 gears and the tow package which included the tranny cooler.

I should have added it was the 3.55 gears and FX4 suspension that lead me to believe he doesn't have the tow package.

 

[Diamondpilot]

Yeah sure, I bet your Titan pulls even better than those GM and Dodge 3/4 ton's too. :laughing:


I should have added it was the 3.55 gears and FX4 suspension that lead me to believe he doesn't have the tow package.

Hey, you are learning something. I would put that Titan up against the Hemi any day of the week with 10,000# behind it.

My BIL has had 2 F-150's with 3.55 gears and Tow Packages of which one had the FX4 Off Road Package.

Chris

 

[roman]

And the question is...

What size trailer??

Why can't we just answer his question? :thumbdown:

 

[Soundguy]

And the question is...

What size trailer??

Why can't we just answer his question? :thumbdown:

um.. why can't you just read the thread??

it's been answered about 25 times.

consensus was about an 18' 10k trailer, if you average the 16' and 20' responses along with the 7k to 12k responses.

no reading.... just replying... ho hum....

soundguy

 

[Thorn Hill]

Thanks again guys, and thanks for your patience..... I believe The truck is rated for 7800 pounds towing based on the manual (I was looking at the wrong number before).. I'm not positive about the axle ratio, but somewhere thought I had read that the FX4's were 3.55. I bought this truck used this past summer. Is there somewhere where it would say what the axle ratio is?

I like the idea of storing it closer to the land, I'll look into that option. I agree that this will be pushing the limits of the truck. It has a class III hitch currently

Paul

 

[Soundguy]

Thanks again guys, and thanks for your patience..... I believe The truck is rated for 7800 pounds towing based on the manual (I was looking at the wrong number before).. I'm not positive about the axle ratio, but somewhere thought I had read that the FX4's were 3.55. I bought this truck used this past summer. Is there somewhere where it would say what the axle ratio is?

I like the idea of storing it closer to the land, I'll look into that option. I agree that this will be pushing the limits of the truck. It has a class III hitch currently

Paul

door jamb sticker likely has the axle code.

might even be a metal tag under a bolt on the diffy cover. some do.. some don't

 

[Thorn Hill]

B6 mean anything? It's raining right now or I'd crawl under and see if there's anything on the rear axle.

 

[knightrider955]

Theres a sticker in the door jam. If you tell me the axle code I can tell you what gears you have. I can tell you that most FX4's came factory with 3:73's
My F-350 V-10 has 3:73's and who ever decided to put 3:73's in a 6600 lb truck should be shot. It pulls anything I want easily but would be a beast with 4:30's. Those hemi dodges are a joke. My V-10 gets about 14 mpg hwy and 9 mph with 10,000 lbs behind it. Cant beat that for a V-10.

door jamb sticker likely has the axle code.

might even be a metal tag under a bolt on the diffy cover. some do.. some don't

 

[Treemonkey1000]

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