Are You Buying All These Half-ton Claims?
"All-New F-150 Can Tow a Ram, a Silverado & Haul Two Hondas" Tows 12,200, claimed. (Ford Truck Enthusiasts) I guess we can soon do away with our 3/4 & 1-tonners. In a couple years the capacity rac...
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Just because you are within and well under any OEM ratings DOES NOT make you any more or less safe than those using the ratings to their fullest. Grossly over...now that's entirely different, and not what is being discussed here.
To think you are safer than anyone else just because you're under OEM ratings makes you naïve and a bigger safety risk than others who understand there is much more to towing than weights and ratings.
Those referring to "design margins" need to get a clue how engineers test to entirely different levels than what consumers see as "ratings and specs". The two numbers are drastically different in nearly all scenarios.
To think you are safer than anyone else just because you're under OEM ratings makes you naïve and a bigger safety risk than others who understand there is much more to towing than weights and ratings.
Those referring to "design margins" need to get a clue how engineers test to entirely different levels than what consumers see as "ratings and specs". The two numbers are drastically different in nearly all scenarios.
