Heavy half pickup
We are going to retire in 8-10 months and become fivers and would like to know if the half ton/ lite series 5th wheel with gvwr's of around 10,000 are truly towable by a half ton pickup? D...
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mileshuff wrote:jus2shy wrote:
It's seldom the engine that's the problem with towing now a days
It certainly is the problem when talking about 1/2 ton trucks and a 10,000 lb fifth wheel.
The F150 does offer a 6.2L gasser thats certainly strong but it's a $3500 add on to an already upper end expensive 1/2 ton truck. Might as well opt for a 3/4 ton diesel and be done.
Dodge offers the 5.7L Hemi. Way to weak for such a 5th.
GM offers the 5.3L, again way to weak.
For Ford, the Ecoboost is the tow monster to have. A member on a Ford forum I frequent actually put his F-150 up against several superduties. His F-150 out-accelerated and had the highest speeds compared to the other superduties in their trial (this is against a 6.4 and tuned 6.0). They also had a V-10 superduty that had the 4-speed. They conducted their comparison with 15,000 lbs of trailer. His F-150 had the most go and that's primarily what was tested. My main concern would be the "Whoah". A 10k 5th is really nothing to a modern gas motor until you get above 4 or 5,000 feet. That's when you really feel the power loss, but that will happen with any naturally aspirated motor regardless of being in a heavy/superduty or a half ton pickup. Any turbocharged motor will hardly feel the effects of altitude (this is why all your turbo-diesels do well up in the mountains and why the ecoboost also has no problem). So I have no problem saying an F-150 will have the power to tow, but main factor is that he will be maxed-out or overloaded on payload or possibly braking capacity and that's where my concern is.
