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BuddyB · 06-10-2014, 04:53 PM

Just this month purchased a 2012 Keystone Cougar Xlite 32SAB. A long trailer for a first timer! My first tow was from Elkhart, IN back to Bloomington, IN. I even made it through Indianapolis traffic without causing a six-lane interstate pile-up! I towed this 7,168 (dry) rv & 650 lb. tongue weight with a 2010 Ford F150, FX4, Supercrew cab. The engine is the Triton 5.4L 3V V-8 with a 3.73 HD rear axle gear box. It has factory installed trailer sway control; factory installed trailer towing pkg.; 7,200LB GVWR Pkg; maximum towing weight (on paper) is 11,200LB. I'm figuring around 8,000 pounds is all I would want to pull with this truck. I had a Primus IQ elect. brake installed along with one Eaz Lift hitch sway control and a Eaz Lift weight dist. hitch system. On the open road it was getting 15.4mpg and in stop&go traffic I logged 14.8mpg. I stayed between 55/65 mph when possible. I could tell I had weight behind me but I didn't have any "white-knuckle" driving experience.

06-10-2014, 04:53 PM	#1
BuddyB Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Bloomington, IN Posts: 8	Bought first rv trailer Just this month purchased a 2012 Keystone Cougar Xlite 32SAB. A long trailer for a first timer! My first tow was from Elkhart, IN back to Bloomington, IN. I even made it through Indianapolis traffic without causing a six-lane interstate pile-up! I towed this 7,168 (dry) rv & 650 lb. tongue weight with a 2010 Ford F150, FX4, Supercrew cab. The engine is the Triton 5.4L 3V V-8 with a 3.73 HD rear axle gear box. It has factory installed trailer sway control; factory installed trailer towing pkg.; 7,200LB GVWR Pkg; maximum towing weight (on paper) is 11,200LB. I'm figuring around 8,000 pounds is all I would want to pull with this truck. I had a Primus IQ elect. brake installed along with one Eaz Lift hitch sway control and a Eaz Lift weight dist. hitch system. On the open road it was getting 15.4mpg and in stop&go traffic I logged 14.8mpg. I stayed between 55/65 mph when possible. I could tell I had weight behind me but I didn't have any "white-knuckle" driving experience.