wing_zealot wrote:
Pooter wrote:
bid_time wrote:
You're a smart man larry, you knew you were being baited and went for it anyways. You don't get to claim some moral high ground now. "two-faced"? kettle meet pot.
The manufacturer's have designed the truck and they have published ratings to be used for towing (I'd be willing to bet they also publish a safe speed for towing). And towing at 100% of those numbers is not "playing roulette" with lives. Sorry, your "gleaned information" doesn't trump the manufacturer's collective knowledge, testing, and designing.
I feel it a little naive to think manufacturer's published ratings are not slanted by the marketing department. If they want to sell trucks they have to be competitive in a whole bunch of category's, including MSRP and fuel economy.
If hitting minimums makes you happy , or justifies your arguments power on, who am I to argue . I have owned a 2011 F-150 and now a 2015 F250. The experience is notably different. Although the F 150 was adequate , the F 250 is relaxing. I tow 10000 miles a year for work plus a 5500 loaded TT. The relaxed towing is worth the $600.00 annual fuel penalty. As far as your "Russian Roulette" comment, I see it daily with the "Adequate" EB F-150 owners blowing by me at 70-75 MPH pulling 28+" trailers on ST tires. Just because they can , does not mean they should.
So do you think your "adequate" with an F250 pulling a 28' trailer on ST tires at 70 - 75? Or is that another case of just because you can, doesn't mean you should?
Actually, none of that has anything to do with towing within a vehicles ratings no matter what size vehicle we are talking about. That is a different discussion. If you're going to tow at 75, you better have both vehicles equipped for the experience.
ST tires are only rated to 65MPH.
