Clarification on tow capacity
If a vehicle says it's tow capacity is 9,000 lbs what does that 9,000 pounds include? Obviously the TT plus whatever we have in it and the water in it... But what else?
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Shorteelaw wrote:joshuajim wrote:
If you get an EcoBoost with BOTH max tow and HD payload it will be rated to tow 11,300# and has GVWR of 8,200# which gives you 2,600# of TV cargo capacity. That's roughly equivalent to previous generation 3/4 ton trucks.
You won't find one on a lot, they have to be ordered.
Would I need both of those to be able to safely a trailer that's about 6500-7000 pounds with everything in it (cargo/water/etc)?
A 7000# trailer could have a 1050# tongue weight (15%TW). My 7500# trailer does (1130# TW). You can get a Maxtow Eco with 2000# payload, I did off the lot, but it's a 4x2 SCab, not a 4x4Crew Cab. And it doesn't have a lot of options.
So figure 1000# TW add 50# WDH weight and add up weights of everybody and everything that will go in the truck in addition. Then find a truck with the Yellow Sticker on the Doorjamb Payload to match, or higher.
