Can I Please Get a Towing Reality Check?
TV: 2010 F150 Screw, 145" bed, 4.6 3v, 3.55, tow pkg, curb 5167, GVWR 6900, payload 1680, GCWR 14,900, max trailer wt 9400. Proposed TT: Salem Hemisphere 282RK, dry wt 6740, hitch 700. My calcul...
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B.O. Plenty wrote:
I think the 80% is something somebody dreamed up to try and sound like they knew something. I've never seen it written in any owners manual. If the manufacturer says it's good to pull a given weight then pull that much. You may find the performance is lacking but it wouldn't be any better with 80% of the load either..
B.O.
Agree. It's a myth, and only used by those who either can't or won't do the math
