Towing a gD17MKE

[MBGAME]

Hello, I am looking at purchasing my very first RV and interested in the GD17MKE. Do you think I could easily tow it with a F150.

[Soundsailor]

Hello, I am looking at purchasing my very first RV and interested in the GD17MKE. Do you think I could easily tow it with a F150.

First off, it looks like you're new here, welcome to the forum. The 17MKE is a great small trailer and could possibly be towed by an F150. We'd need to know a bit more about the capacity of your truck to say for sure. There are many threads on the forum concerning towing capacity (https://www.google.com/search?q=mygr...hrome&ie=UTF-8). The payload of your truck less passengers and other weight in the vehicle will give you an idea of what's left for the trailer. What sort of hitch were you considering?

[NB Canada]

It is impossible to judge “your”ability to tow but I personally would have no problem at all with that combo

[Redapple63]

First, Welcome to the forum!

Looking at the specs for that rig it lists the GVWR as 6395 lbs. I believe that to be within the limits of a half ton truck (I use 7k as threshold).

The tongue weight will be between 640lbs and 960 lbs. At GVWR of 6395 and a 15% tongue weight to represent the max condition, you would still have about 600lbs of payload capacity (using 1500lbs as an average, you would need to look at your payload sticker in the drivers side door for exact numbers).

Unless you plan on being loaded to the max all the time or your tongue weight really comes to 15% (most are around 10-12%). I would say you are good.

Bill

[MBGAME]

Truck is 2014 F150 XLT Super Crew 4x4 5.0L. I have a stock receiver with tow package and sway control.

[Ynot4me2]

Truck is 2014 F150 XLT Super Crew 4x4 5.0L. I have a stock receiver with tow package and sway control.

Welcome to the group, the 17mke is a popular tt. I'm sure you'll be fine with your truck but if you post a pic of the yellow sticker in the driver's door jam we will be able to say for sure if you can. Most important number is the payload #. It's on that sticker.

[goducks14]

Easy peasy. You can tow that TT all day long with that truck. Looking at UVW stickers they seem to come from the factory at around 4700-4800 lbs. Add 800-1000 for camp stuf and you're at 57-5800lbs. easily doable for most all 1/2 tons.
Hitch around 725 lbs or less shouldn't be enough to overload the truck with passengers and stuff.

[Hicks3456]

I have same trailer - you good to go

[Stealth13777]

Over 10k miles on ours before we sold it, with the truck in my sig. Your truck is a great match for that trailer.

Highly recommend a good weight distributing hitch. Ford recommends one when towing above 5k lbs, plus it helps the ride. Enjoy the trailer!

[Dadeo6472]

You don't say much about the truck, but you need an electric brake controller and a weight distributing hitch. You need to know the payload capacity of the truck and the fully loaded tongue weight of the trailer (with stuff, batteries and propane fully loaded), so you know how much stuff and people you can toss into the truck without overloading it.

We have a 18RBE pulled by a Ram 1500 with the EcoDiesel engine, which pulls the trailer easily. But I do have to be aware of the truck's payload limit. Your '14 Ford F-150 with its 5.0 V8, properly equipped, should have no trouble with your trailer -- as long as you also stay under the truck's payload limits.