Advice on Ford F150 Ecoboost
Today I have a 1/2 ton Yukon XL Denali AWD. It does ok with my 6000lb lightweight TT here in the midwest but I dont really trust it across country and my tranny is getting close to needing replaced. ...
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BenK wrote:
Ford advertises approx 700 lbs lighter
On a typical half ton and it's ~7K GVWR...that is about 10 lighter...and more if that half ton is UNDER GVWR
Boils down to the day Mr Murphy crosses your path either it can manhandle the setup or not...weight is one component of a TV's ability to manhandle the situation..
While the new F150s are lighter than they used to be, they're still not 4,000 lbs short wheelbase SUVs either. A lot of these 3.5L crew cabs truck are rolling across the scales pretty close 5,000 lbs empty. Equivalent RAMS and GM twins are running around 5,300 -5,500 lbs so really they're not that far from the rest of pack.
Adverse towing situations and manhandling is a recipe for disaster. The equipment(brake controller, hitch, sway control, etc) should all be doing the majority of the work for you so that you can get back under control smoothly and safely. Getting into a wrestling match with the steering wheel will only makes things worse. Not saying that weight isn't important, but realistically it only takes a relatively small amount of out of control weight to put any truck in the ditch including duallys. As it was said before, there's plenty of guys and gals out there towing decent sized trailers with these new lighter trucks without stability issues.
