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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Your not reading my post. I said, not all 6.0 or 5.4 engines are the same, nothing more. I also said not all 1/2 ton and 3/4 ton trucks are the same and I did not say the 1/2 ton is better at hauling weight such as payload/campers etc because it isn't but it is equal in pulling a 8,000 lb trailer with an edge in power to that f-150/5.4 over that HD 2500/6.0...
My sons 6.0 and my 5.4 both with 300 horses pulling the same trailer up a 7% grade (Whitebird hill) the 5.4 wins that race.Not by much,but it does.
Hauling an overhead pickup camper, the 3/4 ton wins hands down, pulling an 8,000 lb trailer, not, depending on engine and horsepower.
And I have always been a 3/4 ton guy with lots of power aka 454/460/gas engines.
Just for another poster, in 2008 the Ford F-150 payload started at 3/4 ton and maxed at over 1.5 tons of payload depending on equipment just as 3/4 tons range from 8k to 17k in towing capacity and 1 tons from 9k to 30k.....
It doesn't take a semi truck with a huge Cummings engine to pull a 8,000 lb trailer as the opp asked.A properly equipped 1/2-3/4 or 1 ton will pull it.
My sons 6.0 and my 5.4 both with 300 horses pulling the same trailer up a 7% grade (Whitebird hill) the 5.4 wins that race.Not by much,but it does.
Hauling an overhead pickup camper, the 3/4 ton wins hands down, pulling an 8,000 lb trailer, not, depending on engine and horsepower.
And I have always been a 3/4 ton guy with lots of power aka 454/460/gas engines.
Just for another poster, in 2008 the Ford F-150 payload started at 3/4 ton and maxed at over 1.5 tons of payload depending on equipment just as 3/4 tons range from 8k to 17k in towing capacity and 1 tons from 9k to 30k.....
It doesn't take a semi truck with a huge Cummings engine to pull a 8,000 lb trailer as the opp asked.A properly equipped 1/2-3/4 or 1 ton will pull it.
