2023 Ford 40k towing, 500hp, 1200tq
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Grit dog wrote:
^My point exactly.
A light duty truck with as much power and towing capacity of an average OTR truck from 20 years ago is still the wrong vehicle to use primarily for that purpose (towing 40klbs).
But with that kind of power and as stout as new pickemup trucks are, it will handle the occasional “big rig” duty.
My concern is the GVW to trailer axle weight, i.e. tail wagging the dog syndrome.
Assuming 6500 truck, 8000 pin weight, 32000 trailer axle weight. That's 14,500 truck GVW controlling 32,000 trailer axle weight.
A standard 80k semi has 12k steer, 34k drive, 34k trailer. That's 46,000 of truck GVW controlling 34,000 trailer. That's 3x better ratio than the pickup
