Pretty sure I saw you north on the 93 in Henderson around 4:00 yesterday or the day before
Should have bought an F150....
I know when my boat is behind my dad's 2015 1/2 ton, I can tell when the trailer catches a rut because it pulls the back of the truck over, I feel every single bump, I don't feel any of that in my 2001 1 ton. BTW my boat and trailer weigh 4600lbs, no god damn way I would tow my enclosed car trailer with my racecar in it behind that 1/2 ton even though it's rated to tow it.
All the information IS available here, including GCVWR.> https://www.ford.com/cmslibs/conten...neral/pdf/guides/19Towing_Ford_F150_Oct25.pdf
No need to make smart ass comments here. Some make it sound like everyone here is an incompetent idiot, towing with a 1/2 ton within its factory limit.
Go ahead if you want to. I could cave in the C channel frame of your 78 just by jacking it up wrong.. but I’m sure it will tow better than a 40 year newer truck.
Like I said, seat of the pants argument versus actual engineering and testing.
Stock tires, it's just not enough truck for over 6000lbs just because it can tow it doesn't mean that it should. That said most people won't feel what I feel, I have a commercial class A and love performance driving so I am very in tune with any vehicle that I am driving.
Well I saw a Campbell or Spectra V Drive. I was traveling the other direction. But it definitely caught my attention.
You are always on point and perfectly reasonable and on outside of the P&G section.
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Now why would you go and point out the obvious like that??? Whoever wants to take their “max tow” Ecoboost, hook up identical 13k loads and see what happens up the Cajon pass compared to a “old” 06 LBZ Duramax, I’m your huckleberry. You know, for science or whatnot.
That tag only tells you how much you can load your truck to reach its max total weight. What I'd like to know, what the max tow capacity was for 1966? I bet it would be less than your 08 Silverado's, let alone a late model 1/2 truck.
Back in the 60's you'd see a loaded 30 airstream TT behind passenger cars like my 64 Lincoln that has a 5000lbs tow cap.
The new trucks have hydroformed frames with higher torsional rigidity than the old trucks like your 1999, I bet.
My 2001 F350 Crew Cab, long bed, single rear wheel, 2wd, PSD weighs 7k and change (less than 7100) if that helps. I've got almost 50k on the brakes and still have 50% on the linings, I should get 80k no problem.
Most Ford owners I know are die hard. Nothing can compare with there Fords. One is a member here. He is on his 5th 6.7 after having nothing but issues with his 6.0s. He posted the pic yesterday of his truck MPG from a round trip to Parker. 15.3 MPG avg 67 mph. My gas truck gets 16.2 in comparison and my 3500HD Duramax that weighs over 12k lbs gets 15.5 round trip. I asked towing the rzr and his response not towing.
It was a good truck and did what it was built for... but I hung up my kidney belt on that truck and went IFS... I still own 4 trucks. Including 2 fords
Yep ecoboost it’s 25 ft. Will fit a can am
What is that you store/haul in your 23?
My 30 footer, no problem any grades I tow.
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I put the Carli suspension Pin top kit on it. they are King 2.5 shocks with a custom tune for these trucks. The Kit is new front springs, shocks front and rear, sway bar, drag link, small leaf pack for rear. It lifts the front 3" and the rear 1" and the ride is way better. it is also sitting 37 13.5 20 Toyo RT's.
The surface area vs weight of any large TT is always a concern, as you can see semis flip over with unloaded trailers.
Dave, I'd recommend finding a local Ecoboost with MAx tow hooking up your rig and try it. I did a test tow with the 5.0 when shopping for my truck. I tell you, found the 5.0 great but, towing with it on level roads, but, there's no comparison, Ecoboost vs n/a 5.0. The 5.0 would bug down on a long steep hill, unless flooring it and downshift to second gear. I [m in no lower than 3rd gear on 5-6% grades, maintaining momentum. My trailer's spec is 7850 lbs dry,with max loaded weight 9600.TW of the trailer is 960lbs,loading spec on the truck's factory hitch is 1200lbs. You'd need an endorsement above 10.200 lbs in Canada, so the trailer manufacturers build these units accordingly for 1/2 Ton trucks. The F-150 has built in electronic sway control, but in case of strong crosswinds in open areas, I do have not one but two sway bars to attach. I don't care if you have a 150 or 350 truck, traveling on highways over over 65mph, hit a 25-30mph crosswind , you're in trouble.
In this picture, I had the WD bars off to demonstrate the truck sitting perfectly level, with the TT's 960 lbs TW on the hitch.
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I had to take a class to get my airbrake lic too, to drive my buddy's diesel pusher. You don't need to do that in Alberta, either?
I had to take a class to get my airbrake lic too, to drive my buddy's diesel pusher. You don't need to do that in Alberta, either?
BTW, did you go protest Greta yesterday?
Dave, I'd recommend finding a local Ecoboost with MAx tow hooking up your rig and try it. I did a test tow with the 5.0 when shopping for my truck. I tell you, found the 5.0 great but, towing with it on level roads, but, there's no comparison, Ecoboost vs n/a 5.0. The 5.0 would bug down on a long steep hill, unless flooring it and downshift to second gear. I [m in no lower than 3rd gear on 5-6% grades, maintaining momentum. My trailer's spec is 7850 lbs dry,with max loaded weight 9600.TW of the trailer is 960lbs,loading spec on the truck's factory hitch is 1200lbs. You'd need an endorsement above 10.200 lbs in Canada, so the trailer manufacturers build these units accordingly for 1/2 Ton trucks. The F-150 has built in electronic sway control, but in case of strong crosswinds in open areas, I do have not one but two sway bars to attach. I don't care if you have a 150 or 350 truck, traveling on highways over over 65mph, hit a 25-30mph crosswind , you're in trouble.
In this picture, I had the WD bars off to demonstrate the truck sitting perfectly level, with the TT's 960 lbs TW on the hitch.
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Did you just say that there is no difference when towing in crosswinds if you have a 1/2ton or 1ton?Dave, I'd recommend finding a local Ecoboost with MAx tow hooking up your rig and try it. I did a test tow with the 5.0 when shopping for my truck. I tell you, found the 5.0 great but, towing with it on level roads, but, there's no comparison, Ecoboost vs n/a 5.0. The 5.0 would bug down on a long steep hill, unless flooring it and downshift to second gear. I [m in no lower than 3rd gear on 5-6% grades, maintaining momentum. My trailer's spec is 7850 lbs dry,with max loaded weight 9600.TW of the trailer is 960lbs,loading spec on the truck's factory hitch is 1200lbs. You'd need an endorsement above 10.200 lbs in Canada, so the trailer manufacturers build these units accordingly for 1/2 Ton trucks. The F-150 has built in electronic sway control, but in case of strong crosswinds in open areas, I do have not one but two sway bars to attach. I don't care if you have a 150 or 350 truck, traveling on highways over over 65mph, hit a 25-30mph crosswind , you're in trouble.
In this picture, I had the WD bars off to demonstrate the truck sitting perfectly level, with the TT's 960 lbs TW on the hitch.
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Fixing your chevroLEG
