ShinerBock wrote:
Maury82 wrote:
ShinerBock wrote:
I think someone is trying to justify their purchase.
My 2012 HD F150 handled up to 9,500 lbs very easily for the 3+ years I had it. Very comparable to a friends XD 5.6 aside from his gaser does not have as much low end torque as my Ecoboost did.
Every vehicle has their own limits and many times those limits are subject to opinion. What one person would happily tow with an HD F150, someone else may want an XD. What one person would be happy towing with an XD, someone else may want a heavier 250/2500 truck. What one person would be happy towing with a 250/2500, someone else may want a 350/3500 and so on. One persons safe towing, may be another persons recklessness just as one person's fast is another persons slow. Which one is correct is up to interpretation.
I don't have to justify my purchase, because I actually got what I paid for.
With no trailer towing experience, I ordered a 1/2 ton HDPP truck to tow an over 8400lbs dry/9,900lbs max, 37 ft TT, based on specs and information gathered in the F150 forum.
With confidence only in what I read on paper, but none regarding to towing anything.
Got the truck, and after hours of practicing in a huge lot, I hit the highway...nervous as heck.
I can't gain confidence with a poorly handling truck, and that only comes if I feel the truck can handle this trailer, because I have a 2,000 miles round trip in two weeks to my hometown.
My friends kept askin me, are you bringing your RV? Two weeks ago, I told them I don't know, because I wasn't sure I'd have the confidence to tow that far.
I do now, and a told a few friends and relatives that I'm bringing it down.
I don't have to justify the purchase, the way the truck handles this RV justify the purchase.
I wasn't talking about you... As I stated, I know what the F150 HD an handle in my years of owning one. I towed countless head of cattle with my gooseneck cattle trailer, God knows how many round bails of hay with my gooseneck flatbed, my 8k bumper pull rv, and my off road Jeep with extra parts(9.5k) all over Texas and even over the Rockies twice.
Ok, my bad.
I'm sure you heard the same reservations about towing heavy with your truck.
I get looks from other pickup truck drivers, and I even had one pickup truck driver in the next lane, drop back behind me.
I think he was watching to see if I was going to start swaying, but I was watching him on my observation camera. It was windy out, and after a few miles behind me, he decided to pass me.
I think my Goodyear Endurance tires also have a large factor for the trailer not moving, along with those LT tires.
The truck is light in the behind, but a Ford took some very good measures to stiffen up the components
What is funny, that poster went on about too much weight on the rear, and how adversely that affect handling, but the rear with my trailer is now ~1,000lbs heavier,but without the trailer, the rear is 900lbs lighter than the front.
Hooked up to my 9,0000lbs trailer, the front is only 1/2 inch higher, and 280lbs lighter.
Personally, I think I can improve the handling and brakes with bilsteins and slotted rotors and performance pads.
