First Time Towing

[cayenne]

With it loaded that way your tongue weight was much higher than it should have been and the weight distribution was all wrong. You can see the squat in your rear suspension. I tow a loaded 20' enclosed carrier and don't see that much squat on mine but I have a weight distribution hitch.

Other's have already mentioned it, but back that sucker on there next time and it will help get the weight further back near the axles.

 

[Ruger]

Noooo. The very last thing you want is a negative tongue weight. At least 60 percent of the weight needs to be in front of the center of the trailer's suspension. It is exceptionally unsafe to have more weight on the back of a trailer than on the front.

 

[gwpfan]

Interesting as I too wasn't overly impressed with towing, but I was towing much less and only have really towed with my and my wife's 3.5 L Eco's.

Here's my comments on towing -
http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f5/2016-raptor-test-mule-spy-shots-34262/index19.html#post758476
"I own a 14 Raptor SCREW and a 12 Ecoboost (3.5L) SCREW Long box 4x4 with a 3.73 rear end Lariat loaded and my wife liked my 12 so much she went and got a 13 Eco Platinum w/the same spec's.

I've now towed with both (could say all three). The Ecoboost wins plain and simple. Faster off the line and tows better. On hills my Eco would downshift to 5th, the Raptor would downshift to 3rd.
The Ecoboost is much quieter, while some may like the engine noise over time it gets old hearing the drone of the engine and yes I know the engine drone vs tire noise.

Granted my Eco is tuned, which in runs much better, but on these towing tests I put in back to stock a couple hundred miles prior to testing and my wife's has never been tuned. I've even tried using tow haul mode on the Raptor, which it helped some, but the Eco still wins."

"Needed to haul the riding lawn mower to the place on the river, enclosed trailer 8x10x8, maybe 2K total weight, but pretty good wind resistance since it's enclosed.
Normally I wouldn't tow with the Raptor, but wanted to see how it would do.
Just posting my experience.
We also have a travel trailer that fully loaded is probably 9K w/WDH, the Eco handles that pretty well. Well enough I could pass my diesel counterparts that were doing slightly under/right at the speed limit, even on hills....
*All vehicles tested with stock rims and tires"

Maybe a tune will help, just have to read up on the tune's tow limitations....

 

[Nick@Apollo-Optics]

Here is a good way to figure out where that truck needs to be on the trailer so that the tongue weight is accurate: Measuring trailer tongue weight with a bathroom scale

You should have 60% of the weight of your load on the front half of the trailer and 40% of the weight on the back half of the trailer. The tongue weight should be roughly 10% of the total trailer weight.

As far as brakes go, if you're over pulling over 4,500 pounds, trailer brakes are required in Texas. Texas Brake Information - SafeMotorist.com