mayorb
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ok I know that this has been gone over a lot here about 1/2 ton and tt, but if I can get some advice( probably repeated) it would be much appreciated.
To shorten the story last year after trading to a 1/2 ton Chevy crew, got a small trailer(23 ft). I,m looking something bigger,found a KZ 321 that i love. But dw is afraid of the sway. I said I would get a pro pride to go with it.
now do you guys thinks that this to much trailer in length(34'10"). I believe all weights and everything should be fine.
Truck rating 1100 lb with distribution hitch
trailer 710 dry hitch 6800 dry weight.
thanks for your answers
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pappcam
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I think it's too much trailer for a half-ton. You should post your inquiry in the "Tow Vehicles" forum.
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mayorb
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sorry if the post needs to be moved,
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skipnchar
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Nothing wrong with the length as long as the ACTUAL tongue weight and trailer weights are within your trucks rating. Tow ratings are based on weights not length. Long trailers are no more apt to sway (probably LESS likely) than shorter ones. Shorter, lighter trailers often have light tongue weight and that weight is sometimes influnced greatly by loading issues, unlike larger ones. Main concern would be the tongue weight which will be as much as 15% of the trailers GVWR, as it relates to your trucks payload. Really not possible to give more than very vague and general answers without complete information about both truck and trailer. Dry weights are useless because NOBODY ever tows around a completely empty trailer. Just be SURE that you're talking about the TRUCKS rating and not the HITCH rating.
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Wills250psd
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If you do it get a propride.
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mayorb
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skipnchar
I see that you pulled 34ft with f-150. any problems with that length? I'm not to worried about weight as I am the length.
my truck rating are 9600lb for trailering 1100lb with weight distribution.
according to the KZ web site this tt is 6670 dry. Yeah we'll add a lot of stuff in it. Don't think I would put more than 1000lb though.
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Besides being too much weight I would also worry about the tail wagging the dog in terms of overall length...
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Personally, I think you're cutting it close all the way around.
Your payload is what your'e going to run out of the quickest. If you've got a 1100 payload, and a 750lb hitch, that leaves 350 lbs for all passengers in the truck other than you, and for all the gear and gas in the truck.
Also, if it's the 5.3 liter with the 6 speed transmission, it should be fine, but you'll probably wish you had more power when going up inclines.
If its the 5 speed transmission, I'd say you've got to go smaller.
As far as waggle goes, I think the crew has enough of a wheelbase that you should be ok there.
mayorb wrote:ok I know that this has been gone over a lot here about 1/2 ton and tt, but if I can get some advice( probably repeated) it would be much appreciated.
To shorten the story last year after trading to a 1/2 ton Chevy crew, got a small trailer(23 ft). I,m looking something bigger,found a KZ 321 that i love. But dw is afraid of the sway. I said I would get a pro pride to go with it.
now do you guys thinks that this to much trailer in length(34'10"). I believe all weights and everything should be fine.
Truck rating 1100 lb with distribution hitch
trailer 710 dry hitch 6800 dry weight.
thanks for your answers
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skipnchar
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mayorb; I've towed my 34 footer with both my 2004 model F150 (over 50,000 towing miles through 48 states) and another 5,000 so far with my 2011 F150 Ecoboost. It tows easily and rock steady using a Reese Straight Line hitch.
I'm a LITTLE concerned with the statement of "9600 for trailering and 11,000 for weight distributing" because it doesn't make much sense to me. Weight distributing is a type of hitch that is USED for trailering and would be required for anything over about 600 lb. tongue weight. IN any case it would appear that you're within your trucks rating when using a weight distributing hitch to tow it. Be sure you size the hitch for 15% of your trailers GVWR and you should be fine. Be sure you check your door post for your trucks PAYLOAD rating and make certain it covers the weight of all people, cargo, aftermarket optional equipment (like tonneau covers, truck caps etc) and the FULLY LOADED WEIGHT of your trailers tongue.
Good luck / Skip
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8000+ pounds loaded, 1000 pounds on the tongue is a lot for about any half ton except the NHT package Chevy (6.2L, extra 300 pounds of payload) and max trailer towing or max payload F-150.
Skip's F-150s have had over 2500 pounds of payload and supercab/8's beds, 155+ inches of wheelbase.
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