Whats the biggest trailer/load that Dakota 4.7 owners have successfully towed and what gas milage were you getting when you were towing? How was it for power on major hills? There is a few owners that pull 5th wheels with thier Dakotas with success...one guy pulls an older 26' one with no problems with his 2000 4.7 4x4 QC.

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the most i haved pulled with my 05 4.7 is 3 tons of wood pellets and a 1300 lb trailer. getting going was ok but once it got going it was fine. i just left a little more room than normal for braking. the tow / haul button came in handy. 7300lbs was at the trucks max. one thing i did notice was the back end sagged alot. which tended to make the frt end move around some.only went about eight miles and the truck did well.

 

mmmmmmmmmmm just the car trailer proaly weighed all together 8-10,000 lbs, i wouldn't do it again but we had to get to the race and the FORD wouldn't start huh imagine that!

 

umm....my dad pulls a 2000lb trailer with about 1000lb of lawnmowing stuff.....and you cant even tell its back there...but like superdak saidit sags alot.

 

I tow a 26' Trail-Lite which comes in at 4400 lbs dry with a 2003 Quad 4.7, no mods. It struggles a little on the hills but doesn't do too bad most of the time. Got 11 mpg on the flats of North Carolina, mostly around 10 net for long trips.

 

I occasionally tow a 16' enclosed cargo trailer that my church owns. The most I've had in it was about 5000 lbs. (combined trailer and stuff) when I moved. My truck does great with it--the only thing that slows it down is the wind resistance. I usually get about 11 mpg when towing.

I want to give our generator a try here soon. It's a 6300 lbs dual axle trailer...I just want to see how the Dakota does with that...that's a good bit of weight.