Towing ~8000 with new F150.. fun or scary?

jake2250 wrote:


Hmmmmmm so your saying that based on your ownership of less than a dozen half ton trucks,,The one ton is basically the same vehicle??
Yeah maybe that it carries a license plate,has headlights and a horn.
And if I were to buy a newer F150 I would be getting the heavier frame,springs differentials,transmission, cooling package etc etc that comes with a one ton truck???
Just because Ford put a turbo on a six cylinder does Not make it a F350,, hell they can even call it an HD and it still wouldn't be near an F250!!
Switching to an aluminum body and giving you a couple of hundred more cargo pounds to haul does not make a half ton truck a one ton vehicle.
I believe the running gear and frame and suspension dictates that!!
Just for giggles,, park your half ton next to a one ton,,,,,Hey something is different,,, for one thing kinda obvious,,,stance and lug nuts..
goofy huh??

Jake 420, try to stay with me here. I quoted someone who said the F250 would be a great compromise between the 350 and a 150. I told him they, F250 and F350 are basically the same truck so no point in reccomending basically the same thing when the op wants out of a HD chassis truck.
I can tell the diff between a F150 and a super duty.
Btw, I haven't owned a ford since about 1991, but have almost exclusively driven them as company trucks for over 20 years. My motto is "the only good ford is a free ford", lol. Plenty of 150s, few 250/350s here and there and the odd Chevy and a couple Rams as of recent. All doing heavy civil or heavy commercial construction, so pretty good litmus test of how well a truck holds up when used daily for long commutes and construction work. Combined with the dozen or so Rams and GMs I've actually owned over the same time period, I've put plenty of miles and wrenches on most models of the big 3 trucks over the same time period.
But thanks for your mis interpretation here!