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I agree with Canonman's advice. I owned an 4 door crew cab F-150 and pulled a 19' trailer with it successfully for 4 years until I bought my 2011 Cougar. To handle the extra weight, I put airbags on the rear axles to keep the truck from "squatting" too much. I traded up to an F-250 in 2017 and it made a world of difference. If you do get an F-150 make sure it has the towing package on it if you buy used (Heavy Duty Radiator, Transmission Cooler, pre-wired for the brake controller)
One note on 3/4 ton trucks. Fords are called Super Duty's as they (F250/F350) all come from the factory outfitted with the aforementioned towing package. Whereas Chevy, GMC and Ram sell a 2500 model and a 2500HD model. The HD indicating the towing package items.
I again defer to Cannonman's logic.... if you can afford a 3/4 ton truck buy it for future trailer upsizing.
2011 Cougar 27RLSWE
2017 crew cab F250 short bed w 6.2L gas
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