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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mich800 wrote:
if we cannot use the mfg's ratings who are we supposed to trust to let us know what what those ratings should be?
Obviously half tons can't be trusted, so you need either a 3/4 or 1 ton diesel to do the job. Now is where it gets tricky...
3/4 ton owners say that their trucks are just as capable as the 1 ton, they just found a way to sneak around the higher registration cost of the 1 ton. 1 ton owners state that 3/4 ton aren't up to the task simply because they didn't pay for a higher GVWR registration fee.
Then you have the CRAZIES... the guy that bought the 3/4 ton truck with a 9,999 GVWR and registered it at 12,000 lbs GVWR. Then they state they are "legal" (registered for the weight) and the trucks are "basically the same as a 1 ton" so they are safe, even though they are 2000 lbs over the manufacturers rated weight.
Then you have the guys that say if it doesn't have 6 tires on the ground, you can't tow anything!
Then you have the guys that spell the work TOW as TOE and BRAKES as BREAKS and then you really have to question the intelligence of someone who doesn't know the appendage on their foot from the act of dragging another vehicle behind them. But hey... they usually drive an older 1 ton with questionable mechanical work done it... but its a 1 ton so it can "toe" anything.
Does that answer your question?
