I am looking at upgrading from a pop-up camper to a full-size trailer. My tow vehicle is a 2002 Excursion with the Powerstroke Diesel. With a WD hitch it will tow 11000 lbs, which is enough for any trailer I realistically want to buy. What concerns me is wheelbase. Using the "rule of thumb" of 20 feet for 110 inches of wheelbase and an additional foot for every 4 additional inches, it appears I con tow about a 26-27 foot trailer. How hard and fast is this? If I add a sway control will this compensate for lack of wheelbase? The trailer I want is a little over 30 feet. I can pull the weight easily, but what kind of stability problems can I expect?
Man, I would not be hessitate to tow aup to about 32' with the setup you have. Just as long as it has a really good hitch, sway control, and brake control.
I don`t think that rule of thumb is set in concrete. just a guide line to help out. and whit a super duty 3/4 ton diesel monster like you have ( it really is to bad they may be doing away with then soon) they have to just throw that rule aside. I have half the truck you have, and pull a 7500gvwr TT that is 29'. And it handles great.
I tow an old heavy 27'TT with a trailer on the rear (yeah I triple tow) and I have no issues with it. I have an Equal-i-er off my X and will add a sway bar this winter for the second trailer (though it has yet to move much). My opinion is that the X will do well (in fact in 2 years I will upgrade trailers to a longer one for my vaction rv - as opposed to my playtime one now )
Bill
2001 Ford Excursion V10
Equal-i-zer, Voyager Brake Control
2 Artic Cat 500 4x4 ATVs
27' 1978 Del Rey TT
I tow an old heavy 27'TT with a trailer on the rear (yeah I triple tow) and I have no issues with it. I have an Equal-i-er off my X and will add a sway bar this winter for the second trailer (though it has yet to move much). My opinion is that the X will do well (in fact in 2 years I will upgrade trailers to a longer one for my vaction rv - as opposed to my playtime one now )
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