Towing with our truck- what too heavy
Should start by saying this is all new to us- so please be patient! We just got a 2008 Ford F150 mostly for the purpose of towing a trailer, on the door sticker the GVWR is 7200 lbs- seems pretty s...
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JimM68 wrote:
GVRW means little as far as towing.
Many will disagree with you. I'm of the opinion that I won't exceed any ratings of my truck. Scaled, my family, I, our hitch, stuff we added onto the truck and random carp we carry with us adds up to about 1,200 pounds. I'd run out of payload and exceed my GVWR on a 3/4-ton truck long before hitting towing capacity.
In fact, I'd be willing to bet that many 1/2-ton and 3/4-ton trucks pulling campers of any size and especially fifth wheels are over on GVWR. (That's not to say everyone is over, of course.)
