roketman

Anyone have any experience towing a 24 ft enclosed Featherlite trailer with a 2013 Ford F150 limited?

BlueBarchetta

I have experience with a similar setup. I have a heavily optioned 24ft Intech (all alum) enclosed. I'm towing with a 2012 F150 Lariat. My loaded trailer is right at 7800 lbs., weighed at the CAT scales.

The F150 is a max tow package 11.2k tow rating, with 1650 lbs payload, and the ecoboost engine.

Mine tows the load very well. I use an equalizer brand hitch, with weight distribution and sway control. I think a similar hitch would be a requirement.

The only cautions I would give you are:

You will definitely need the factory max tow, or max payload package(this includes max tow).

When I was shopping, all the platinum/limited trim level trucks had significantly lower payloads. Generally in the vicinity of 1350-1400 lbs. Use caution in this area as your trailer tongue weight might subtract 900-1000 pounds from that.

Any more specific questions?

roketman

I just bought a limited

Lou L

A F150 with either the 3.5 Ecoboost or the 6.2 V8 with Max trailer tow package will tow 11,300. Both will tow 9000lbs easily. The ecoboost does get a bit better gas mileage when not towing. Towing they will be similar. I have a friend with the ecoboost who towed a enclosed weighing about 8-9k from florida to texas very comfortably. I'm a F250 guy - I like the extra size, suspension, and braking, but a F150 will do the job.

roketman

Whew !
Thanks!

SCOTITUDE

towing depends on what rear end is in the truck. Just got my 13 crew with eco and a 3.73 rear and its rated at just over 11k lbs. loaded im at 6k lbs. tows awesome. the eco with a 3.31 rear tops out at 8k. check whats in your truck.

DC640

So higher diff number is better for towing? Electronic diff or locked one? So many choices when building one on the website... Diesel would be nice but need to go f250/hd 2500 and extra cost...

roketman

I got the tow package.According to my research it will out tow my Expedition.I have also heard from a bunch of owners on another forum who all seem pleased with the truck.Whew! I will be towing with it on my delivery date tomorrow .I'll let everyone know .Thanks for everyones help

Drew_K

If you're buying new, be aware that there's a towing break in period. Check the manual.

BlueBarchetta

If you want the 11k tow rating, you have to have the max tow package. Selecting max tow will automatically include the 3.73 gearing with the electronic locking. There is also no way to have max tow and change to a different rear axle

Quinlan

I have a 2011 F150 with the max towing package and ecoboost engine. It has plenty of power to tow my 24 foot steel enclosed (about 9,000 lbs fully loaded). That trailer is very tongue heavy however, so i need the equalizer bars and sway bars to keep from being tossed around on the highway.
I also have a Trailex 22 foot enclosed (about 5,800 lbs fully loaded) and I don't even need the equalizer bars on it - it tows like a dream.
So, if you are towing 6,000 - 7,000 lbs, you should be good to go!

quirky

I have a '13 F150 Lariat 3.5L TT (Ecoboost) Crew 4x4 with the optional lower ratio (3.73) locking rear diff. I've been towing a 3,500# car on a featherlite open trailer (conventional ball hitch, no load leveler) with no problems at all. Mine has the "towing package" but I don't think it is "max" towing, whatever that is.
I'm pretty impressed with the 3.5 ecoboost so far, except that with the 3.73 I've been getting about 1-2 mpg less than the sticker during non-towing so that is one drawback to the optional rear end.

I would have been able to tell you about the 24' enclosed featherlite trailer except some SOB stole my enclosed trailer last year!!!!

007DT

What MPG are you getting towing?
Sucks about the trailer..

What MPG are you getting?

SCOTITUDE

im avg 9-10 towing if i keep it at 65 on the highway, which is hard to do with this truck, it flies. been using CC to keep the mileage going. better than the 6-7 with the yukon xl i had. Ill give up the 1-2 mpg during the week for the extra ease of towing. I do find that even with the sway conttrol on i get more sway when i use a regular shank. the weight distributing hitch and bars i had to use with the yukon kept the sway down. I guess its a trade off. The f150 can handle the tongue weight better and i was using a standard plain shank but imight go back to the bars. just some fine tuning, either way its a ton better towing than the burban. Very happy so far.

007DT

Trying to decide. May buy a Truck for Towing / Company Truck for Taxes this year. Dump my 7.3 Mule. Great tow vehicle but would like a more updated Truck.

Lots of choices there but need to buy new to get the write off so don't need/want a $50k Diesel replacement.