I have a 97 f-150 4x4 extended cab with a 4.6 v8 with a 5 speed and 355 gears and I'm looking at campers and not sure how big a camper I should pull with my truck. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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07-19-2012, 05:22 PM #1Junior Member
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Towing camper
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07-19-2012, 05:29 PM #2
I would say no more then 6500 pounds
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98 F150, Lariat, 4x4, 5.4l, Tow Mirrors, Straight piped, Police/Fire scanner, CB
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07-20-2012, 06:32 PM #3Da Professuh
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^^ This.
Do you have the owners manual for your truck? That will give you weight limits based off engine/tranny combo. Don't forget the Class-III hitch and brake controller. Anything over 4,000lbs I suggest anti-sway bars as well. Happy camping!4.2L V6 - M5OD | SCT XCal 3 @ JawsRacing | K&N Series-77 | 16" Dual Efans | Magnaflow High-Flows
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07-20-2012, 09:25 PM #4Member
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It's a Ford it will be fine for anything just keep the oil up to date lol
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07-21-2012, 06:23 AM #5Chief Moderator
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D Roberts said it all
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07-23-2012, 02:36 PM #6Member
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Air bags help tremendously. Help tire life, less stress on tranny, smoother towing ride and no rear end sagging. Ford really points that out in alot of different areas; a wieght distributing system. Such as air bags or a wieght distributing hitch or both. Ford says that by having the truck level while towing (distributing the wieght) you towing cap increases. Now it wont increase significantly. I did a ton of research on this as well as hitting up my engineer buddies at Ford. Here is a snap shot of mine i just installed for towing my travel trailer
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07-23-2012, 05:46 PM #7Chief Moderator
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Looks good. Expensive
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? Easy to install? I had the helper springs on mine but fer the once a month I needed em. They made my truck ride like crap. How u like em!? Make ur ride better?!?
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07-24-2012, 06:01 AM #8Member
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Nah. Not to bad. They $289 for set and about $200 installed. so I don't know if thier easy to install or not but they look fairly simple. the instruction manual is very good
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the ride is much smoother when the trailer is it just not near as bumpy. even when the trailer's not hitched you can definitely tell a difference
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07-24-2012, 09:38 AM #9Member
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Oh and it lifts your truck up giving the taller look
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07-24-2012, 05:57 PM #10Chief Moderator
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Cool thanks squirrel Somethin to look into. I can pull or load anything. I just hate puttin that damn helper spring kit on and off. When I have a load on it works perfect. Jus sucks when she's empty. I'm gonna check it out. Where did u get yours from? Any advice on where to go?
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Sweet truck btw. I love the new ones. I'd get one but mine is paid off with a new bad ass motor and just got it the way I want. So I think I'm goin bags
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