How do you really judge TV adequacy anymore?

troubledwaters wrote:

Lantley wrote:

troubledwaters wrote:
..."towing within its tow ratings"... Reading Comprehension 101

There is the towing within the ratings and then their is the duty cycle thing.
If you are just a weekend warrior going out occasionally, that F150 may get it done for a once a month trip or an occasional trip.
However if you are a full timer crisscrossing the country regularly an F-350 will be more capable vs. an F-150. Assuming both vehicles have similar towing parameters.

There is no evidence to indicate an F150 can't tow every all day every day within its tow ratings without incurring any more adverse effects than a F350 would at the comparable duty point. Matter of fact, there is a hot shotter on this forum that does so with a Ram 1500, all day, every day (Oh! but say it isn't so!, he even exceeds his ratings, the nerve of some people).
I had a 2002 F250, V10, I towed a lot, I wore it out; the same I expect to do with my F150. #grittyinternetfables

This is where the experience factor comes in. People who use their trucks for a living drive heavy duty trucks. Go to your local big box store and note what contractors are using. Go to your local utility company and note what trucks you see in their yard.
Heavy Duty trucks rule the working world because they need to be available every day. They also need to withstand the rigors of being loaded down with cargo their entire lifespan.
For light duty applications you may find a few 1500 series trucks being used commercially, but the trucks carrying the tools and cargo are heavy Duty trucks.
We haven't seen ecoBoost technology placed in heavy duty trucks because of heat and duty cycle concerns.
Heavy duty trucks are made for a reason otherwise they would not exist
Sure there maybe one hot shotter using a 1500 but 99% of the hot shotters are using heavy Duty trucks.
Go to the destination CG's and note what truck full timers are using.
Real world observations will speak for themselves.
I'm not saying you can't full time with a 1500 series truck . I am saying a 1500 with a larger payload capacity will not hold up as well as a 3500 series truck with a similar capacity when used at full capacity on a daily basis.
By the way I believe the one hot shotter you referenced has a rebuilt engine in his fairly new truck.