re: Towing a Travel Trailer with a 1/2 Ton Truck

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You couldn't pay me to tow a 25' travel trailer down Hwy 160 or 550 in Colorado with a 1/2 ton.

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I've done it. We have a 25' AS that weighs about 7,000 lbs fully loaded. We towed it up and over Wolf Creek Pass in Colorado. We were just about at max weight. We have a 2013 F-150 ecoboost that has the "max tow" package. Pulled uphill like a dream. Going downhill I stopped a couple of times to cool the brakes, just to be safe (as I said, we were FULLY loaded). We've towed all through the Mtns in Utah and Wyoming with a few trips to Idaho, Colorado and New Mexico. It's doable under the right conditions if you use you head.

ETA: We have a weight distributing anti-sway hitch. It was about $1K but it makes a big difference.


FWIW, we've put about 25,000 miles on our TT in the 6 or so years we've owned it.