towing with 1/2 ton towable trailer.
I have a Cougar lite that weighs 7,000 lbs empty. I load it up to another 800 lbs, so I'm around 8,000 including myself. The hitch weight is around 1200 factory, but I'm sure that's up to 1800 by now....
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Kevin O. wrote:IdaD wrote:We were not talking about carrying MAX weight(17K+). I would never expect any F150 to tow better than a 2500 with a Cummins diesel. That's ridiculous! He mentioned that he would not tow the OP's 8000lb(wet) trailer with a 1/2 ton truck. I just wanted to know what 1/2 ton truck he towed with that gave him such a bad experience? I can guarantee you it wasn't an F150 Ecoboost with HD payload and Max tow pkg.Kevin O. wrote:tdst51 wrote:You didn't mention what 1/2 ton you were towing with??? Not all 1/2 tons are setup for towing. Some far exceed others! There are some F150's with 2500lbs of payload with a 11,200lbs towing capacity. I'm willing to bet those #'s are close to what your 2500 is rated at. ;)
My sig fifth wheeler is advertised as " half ton towable ". I WOULD NOT tow it with a half ton truck. My previous fiver we towed with our half ton, and it was not pretty. The only saving grace was that we went locally to the same campground the whole time we owned it. No more half ton towing for me, ever!
Ratings are all well and good, but his 2500 would tow the pants off any F150. It can also handle a lot more weight than the official payload rating without issue because that number is a product of a high curb weight and an artificially low GVWR.
His RAWR is 6500 lbs and I think the max of any F150 is 4800 lbs. His official max tow rating should be in the 17k and change range.
It wasn't a really bad experience per se, but like I said, we really didn't wander too far from home. You are right. My half ton was the smallest V8 they made for that truck, and the only thing extra I had done was to add a tranny cooler. And yes, my 2500 is good for 17K.
