and the saga continues ......

Are any of you guys with F150's towing enclosed trailers? I have an 05 F150 with the 5.4. It tows my open trailer with ease but I have often wondered how it would do with a 24-28' enclosed. I'd like to have a larger truck but I have no desire to own a diesel or a large truck payment. I think the tow rating on my O5 was around 8600 lbs. My 3250 lb. car and tools would use up at least 4000 of that.

dfree383 wrote:

The old Cummins are simple and relitivly cheap to operate, I had a 93' and Loved the Engine !!! only problem with it was it was in a "Tuna Can" of a truck..... Dodge Trucks are absolutly junk.

My dad only drives Dodges because of the cummins. I can tell you they have come light years ahead since 1993. They are actually a pretty nice truck but not as nice as the superduty.

bruno wrote:when its cold it will stumble and miss , at the same time its misses it putts out white smoke ........ as soon as the temp. gets up to normal its gone ......

egr cooler? dont somebody make a bypass kit of some sort for that?

dfree383 wrote:I dumped my 06 F350 last year.... did well on the deal IMO, considering it had 123k, but it didn't give me any big time trouble or repair bills.

Got a 5.4 F150 with the 10k towing package, for all the more i tow its a better deal than a diesel.

What kind of mileage you getting from the 5.4 empty and towing?

NOS42 wrote:sorry to hear, but it seems thats all you hear from these trucks....people really need to figure out how much they "need" one of these trucks especially towing a race car 2-15 times a year realistically for most bracket racers....a few long hauls,ok, big deal....but if u truley use a diesel for work everyday my theroy is off some

truck that is big money + repairs that are big money + fuel that is big money = a gas powed H/D truck instead

If you own a shop repairs are no biggie, only thing ive done to repair a diesel in 5 yrs is replace a speedo sensor and a cam sensor and that was on diff trucks. AND if my guys cant fix it, I know ANDY can. its handy that he also builds race car chassis.

and my fuel is dirt cheap, you know the used motor oil and used tranny fluid we drain from customer's cars?

burns great in diesels after you filter the shit out of it.

You might call Andy and run those codes by him, he is who we default to when they cant figure out a diesel which isnt often.

Andy owns Pro Tree Race cars and Performance Diesel

512Fairlane wrote:Are any of you guys with F150's towing enclosed trailers? I have an 05 F150 with the 5.4. It tows my open trailer with ease but I have often wondered how it would do with a 24-28' enclosed. I'd like to have a larger truck but I have no desire to own a diesel or a large truck payment. I think the tow rating on my O5 was around 8600 lbs. My 3250 lb. car and tools would use up at least 4000 of that.

when i had a 24 ft enclosed, myF150 pulled it just fine. I added a towin package to it though. air shocks, hitch, and the biggest thing was adding load levelers to the trailer.

I have a friend that tows w/05 5.4. He's got a foxbody and a 28' timberwolf enclosed. Seems too do fine. 8 mpg towing though. I'd rather buy the diesel fuel and get 13 towing. jmo

I've towed my 24' with a F150 before. That's just asking for trouble. It may pull it fine ,but if you ever get in a bad situation and need some heavy braking or extra stability...You'll wish you had a dually. I'll never tow without a F350 with dual wheels again. Safety means a whole lot more than anything else to me. Wind storms ,rainy roads ,and people pulling out in front of you . seems like something happens alot these days. I pull with my motorhome alot too, it's on a E350 chassis and does ok ,but wind really affects it. And without my load toad ,I won't pull with it again either.Main thing is watching everyone else anymore and keeping good tires on everything...

Load toad ? u mean the wheel under the hitch set up ?

I'll tell ya this, it seems we have seen a lot more 7.3's come in and the customers are spendin money on um............after the 6.0/6.4 disaster and the out of control pricing of the 6.7 more and more are gettin the older trucks and fixin um up. Myself I have sold a bunch of 7.3 chips etc here in the last month or so. Just goes to show ya the 7.3 was a very reliable and affordable rig.................see lots with over 5,6 even 7k on the odometers.

bbf-falcon wrote: He's got a foxbody and a 28' timberwolf enclosed. Seems too do fine.

Let just says this trailer is a heavy sombeotch. Its not, can the truck pull it?,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, its, can it handle it at speed and trying to stop it.

richter69 wrote:I'll tell ya this, it seems we have seen a lot more 7.3's come in and the customers are spendin money on um............after the 6.0/6.4 disaster and the out of control pricing of the 6.7 more and more are gettin the older trucks and fixin um up. Myself I have sold a bunch of 7.3 chips etc here in the last month or so. Just goes to show ya the 7.3 was a very reliable and affordable rig.................see lots with over 5,6 even 7k on the odometers.

Amen, That's why I'm keeping my '99. Wanted a new one until I saw the $$$$$$ And mine only has 124k.