J2807 SAE towing standards

Huntindog wrote:

IdaD wrote:
I think so on half tons, but Ram is still the only one who uses it on their heavy duty models.

GM has been there "unofficially" on their HDs for a few years. GM and Ford had agreed that they would both do it one year. (IIRC, 2012 or 2013) GM released their figures which were actually a little higher than what they had been advertising for most of the HDs, but lower for the 1/2 tons.
Ford reneged, and GM quickly withdrew the figures.
It was posted on this forum for a short time back then. GM did not want to take a sales hit on the 1/2 tons, goiung up against Fords fake numbers.
So they used their own fake numbers.

Isn't marketing great?:B

So Ford has been getting away with fake towing and payload numbers all along?

Now I understand the term Ford Fairy Dust - they sprinkle it on their trucks when they need a better rating.