Hi, you mentioned a small travel trailer. Whats the weight (wet)? I work in construction and before I got my SuperDuty I did quite a bit of towing. The Rodeo does really well. Before I replaced my springs and shocks there was some uncomfortable sag in the rear.

I think the heaviest I got was just shy of 3k lbs. Which was a couple of scoups of sand and less than a dosen bags of plastic cement. I frequently towed much lighter loads though, as frequent as 3-4 times a month. Trailer brakes is a good idea if you are traveling many miles or have a heavy load.

I just bought a F250 about three months ago, capable of towing something like 12.5 and GWCR of 20k <img border="0" alt="[Satan]" title="" src="graemlins/satan.gif" /> Go figure in the past three months I haven't had a DAMN thing to tow!

Small or big, the Rodeo will pull it. It will pull so well that you may get the "feeling" its safe to tow more or go faster... just watch out, an out of control trailer is worse feeling than crawling up a hill and having your front end lift off the ground <img border="0" alt="[Barf]" title="" src="graemlins/barf.gif" /> I know, I was towing when a little civic didn't realize I had a trailer back there and clipped the end.

Safe towing,
Ashby