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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Bob Landry wrote:
All in all, it's going to be marginal and depending on payload and how you load the truck, it will probably do OK on interstate and towing on reasonably level terrain. If you are thinking of getting up in the mountains, I would rethink my plan. That's the same engine/gear combo I have in a work van, and that motor isn't a powerhouse. It's not going to be a fun tow, and you will probably get really tired of having to keep your foot in it to get up the hills.
Sorry, but you are mistaken.
The 4.6 3v was neve available in a van. Neither was the 6 speed.
Your work van likely has the terrible 4.6 2v / 4 speed. A really anemic powertrain.
