What can a Ford F-150 (3.5 EcoBoost, max tow) ('15-20) actually tow?
The rating is the easy half of the answer. A trailer never weighs its brochure dry weight (water is 8.34 lb a gallon, propane and batteries ride along, and so does your gear), and hundreds of models changed their published weights mid-run, so the model year decides as much as the model. Judged that way, with a 10% margin and 2 people aboard: 3649 of 5150 campers fit a Ford F-150 (3.5 EcoBoost, max tow), and 13 more fit if you buy the right years.
The number that quietly binds is payload, 2,020 lb (Ford's published max payload for the 3.5L EcoBoost F-150; the 13,200 lb rating itself is XLT SuperCrew, 6.5' box, 4x2, Max Trailer Tow Package, 20" tires, which sits at or below that number): tongue weight lands on the rear axle with your passengers and the hitch, so a vehicle often runs out of payload well before it runs out of rating.
Loaded estimate: dry weight + full fresh tank + propane, battery and gear for 2. Headroom is against the rating less 10%.
These changed their published weights mid-run: some model years clear a Ford F-150 (3.5 EcoBoost, max tow), others don't. A listing site treats them as one trailer. They aren't.
- Jayco Jay Flight Bungalow 40FKDS2015–19, 2023–24 model years fit
- Forest River Cherokee Timberwolf 39HBA2024 model years fit
- Keystone Impact 3032016 model years fit
- Jayco Jay Flight Bungalow 40BHTS2015–18 model years fit
- Dutchmen Denali 319RLS2012 model years fit
- Keystone Montana Mountaineer 285RLD2008 model years fit
- Jayco Octane T32G2017 model years fit
- Highland Ridge Open Range 322RLS2022–24 model years fit
- Jayco Octane T32H2017 model years fit
- Keystone Carbon 332017 model years fit
- Keystone Montana Mountaineer 295RKD2008 model years fit
- Jayco Jay Flight Bungalow 40RLTS2023 model years fit
- Grand Design Reflection 303RLS2015 model years fit
That depends on what you care about: bunks for the kids, build quality, budget, weight you'd rather not tow. Set your priorities as sliders and watch all of these re-rank around them, live, with your vehicle already filled in. Nothing gets hidden.
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