Great breakdown of tow vehicle towing capacity by make/model

rjstractor wrote:

DW-gray wrote:
I have to ask, how do you come to believe the author is biased against Ford when in fact all the chart's data comes from the manufacturer's published data?

Maybe I'm off-base, but I was referring to the statement about the rear axle ratios, as well as a statement in the article about frame flex. The rear axle ratio issue we covered at length, and the frame flex issue is basically irrelevant to towing capacity. I took that to be a bias against Ford. To be, statements like this that point out a perceived disadvantage or weakness that has no real bearing on the topic at hand indicate a bias. We see it all the time here on this forum. :)

I suppose some could read it as a bias, but I don't. Just data and information is being shared. If you read the data and the discussed email with a Ford rep on the one-ton review page, it shows that Ford derates conventional towing capacity a lot. All the info from the Ford reps appear to lean toward a frame problem, as I read it. Which, BTW, I read that Ford is beefing up the frames in 2017 models. By contrast, on the same page, Ram does not derate conventional towing. That's my observation. I haven't noticed anywhere that the author recommends or belittles any brand.