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03-28-2016, 05:59 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Saskatoon
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F150 for 26BH
I'm looking to pick up the following in the next week or 2 for our family of 4.
2016 Ford F-150 5.0 super crew with tow package, door sticker max payload of 1820 lb.
2015 (new) Jayco 26BH.
Anyone think there may be issues after loading the family into the truck? All the numbers seem to calculate ok.
Thanks.
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03-28-2016, 06:19 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Hamilton/Cincinnati
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You will be OK.
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2014 Jayflight Swift 264BH
2015 Ford F150 XLT 4x4 SCrew 3.5 EcoBoost Max Tow
Equalizer 10K
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03-28-2016, 06:43 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Crofton, MD
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You will be fine!
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2019 Open Range 374BHS
2107 Chevrolet 3500HD dually
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03-28-2016, 06:45 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: FL
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Congratulations on the new trailer and welcome to the JOF.
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Sherm & Terry w/rescue Eydie (min Schnauzer) & Charley (std Poodle)
SOLD:2015 Jay Flight 27RLS, GY Endurance (E), Days: 102 '15, 90 '16, 80 '17, 161 '18, 365+ '20
SOLD: 2006 Ford F350 PSD, 4WD, CC, LB, SRW, Camper pkg., 375,000mi
Full timing: Some will think you're crazy, some will be envious, just enjoy the freedom!
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03-28-2016, 06:46 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Northern Nevada
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X3, you'll be good to go
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2015 Jayco White Hawk 28dsbh
2014 Ford F150 4x4 w/Ecoboost
H/D tow package
2005 Forest River Rockwood 2601 (Sold)
2011 Ford Expedition XLT (Sold)
2008 Jeep Wrangler (Just for fun!)
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03-29-2016, 05:24 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
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We just pulled out 2016 26BH with our 2014 Ram 1500 about 5000 miles over 6 weeks (got home on Sunday night) - no issues.
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TT - 2017 Jay Flight 32DSBH
TV - 2017 F150 w/HDPP (Payload = 2,241 lbs; FAWR = 3,750 lbs; RAWR = 4,800 lbs)
Previous - 2011 Jay Series 1007 (traded); 2016 Jay Flight 26BH (traded)
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03-29-2016, 10:34 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Wilmington
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We took delivery of a Jay Flight 27RLS with a 2012 F-150 Ecoboost and brought it from Indiana to the Carolina coast first time out with no problems. Been towing ever since!
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03-29-2016, 11:24 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Cocoa
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Well I have a 2016 26BH as well and I pull it with my 2014 Nissan Titan Pro-4X. I use a Blue Ox Pro Series WDH with sway control and my truck pulls it just fine. Turn the Overdrive off when you are cruising flat style roads and that will help keep your transmission from "searching" for a gear. I have pulled this 26BH from Orlando to Cocoa with no WDH (when I took delivery from dealer) and have pulled it with the hitch described above. It was night and day difference, however, with or without the hitch the truck did not lack any power pulling this seemingly light travel trailer. My Titan is in the same 1/2 ton class as your F150, so (as others stated above) you should be fine pulling it with your truck.
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03-29-2016, 12:33 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Mid-Mi
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Welcome and Congrats on the new rig set up!!!
Looks like it will be a good combo, as long as the family doesn't weigh 1klbs and you hope to load 600lbd of firewood in the bed... It sounds like you have done some reading concerning the shortcomings of a 150/1500 truck. Is that payload of 1820lbs of the actual truck you are looking to buy? If so, should be just fine. Just don't take a bed full of firewood, plus coolers, etc.... Lol
Look into a good wdh with integrated sway control. The Reese Dual Cam, Reese SC, and the Equal-I-Zer 4 way system are all very good models. The Reese has a little more hitch head adjustment (both models), with the Dual Cam model being slightly more finicky to set up. But all will do the job very well!!!
Even though the dealer will (hopefully) set up the wdh, it is for an empty trailer. Once loaded up you will probably need to re-adjust the hitch system. Follow my signature links on how to adjust the hitch. Stopping at the CAT Scales is the for sure way to know how the wdh is adjusted.
Do you have a factory brake controller? If not, the Produgy P3 and P2 are held in high regards...
Good luck!!!
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03-29-2016, 12:38 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Saskatoon
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Quote:
Originally Posted by need-a-vacation
Welcome and Congrats on the new rig set up!!!
Looks like it will be a good combo, as long as the family doesn't weigh 1klbs and you hope to load 600lbd of firewood in the bed... It sounds like you have done some reading concerning the shortcomings of a 150/1500 truck. Is that payload of 1820lbs of the actual truck you are looking to buy? If so, should be just fine. Just don't take a bed full of firewood, plus coolers, etc.... Lol
Look into a good wdh with integrated sway control. The Reese Dual Cam, Reese SC, and the Equal-I-Zer 4 way system are all very good models. The Reese has a little more hitch head adjustment (both models), with the Dual Cam model being slightly more finicky to set up. But all will do the job very well!!!
Even though the dealer will (hopefully) set up the wdh, it is for an empty trailer. Once loaded up you will probably need to re-adjust the hitch system. Follow my signature links on how to adjust the hitch. Stopping at the CAT Scales is the for sure way to know how the wdh is adjusted.
Do you have a factory brake controller? If not, the Produgy P3 and P2 are held in high regards...
Good luck!!!
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The 1820 lb is from the door jam sticker. My goal was a 1600 lb payload, and this gives us some buffer for a bedliner, etc. And we travel light to begin with.
And yes, it comes with an integrated brake controller.
The hitch will require some learning, but I'm looking forward to it.
Thanks.
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03-29-2016, 05:58 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Mid-Mi
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jason26
The 1820 lb is from the door jam sticker. My goal was a 1600 lb payload, and this gives us some buffer for a bedliner, etc. And we travel light to begin with.
And yes, it comes with an integrated brake controller.
The hitch will require some learning, but I'm looking forward to it.
Thanks.
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YW!!! Just know over time, it seems the amount of items that make their way into the trailer or truck bed multiplies!!! Lol Overall you should be good to go though....
A suggestion I read either here on JOF, or over on RV.net was to go through your trailer at the end of each season and remove anything that was not used at all. And possibly any item(s) that was onyl used once or twice during the season. Helps keep the items inside the trailer in check.
Definitely doing your homework!!! I know a lot of us have been in the just not quite enough truck once we were loaded up with coolers, bikes, etc, in the truck bed, and trailer hooked up.
Hope all goes well with the purchases!!!
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03-29-2016, 06:22 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Elkins Park
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I pull a 2015 jayco jayflight elite 32tsbh with a 2013 F150 v6 ecoboost. I have taken it to Virginia, and have just got done going back and forth to Disney world from Philadelphia with no issues. It is quite a long trailer, but the truck handles it pretty well with a blue ox WDH. I found I had to adjust the chains a bit from what the dealer told me to use but that was easy enough
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