New F-150 with 13,200 lb tow rating!
I just purchased a brand new 2018 F-150 Lariat with the 3.5L Ecoboost motor a couple nights ago. It has the max tow package and the 3.55 gears giving it a tow rating of 13,200 pounds! I used to have...
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^Good grief. 1400 lbs on a Ford 9.75 axle is not even close to maxing it out.
Empty 1/2 ton even loaded will have less than 2500lbs on the rear axle, leaving about 2500lbs for available payload.
Passengers put less than 50% of their weight on the rear axle.
Now add a wdh and pull some more weight off the rear axle from the trailer dead load.
Not rocket science. Man these trucks do this stuff day in day out. RVing is not a specialized application.
Next time yer out and about, take count of all the 10-20 year old 1/2 ton pickups pulling size able trailers or squatting hard from the same load every day year after year.
Also take note of how many broken rear axles you've seen or even heard of.
Then doo the math.
Empty 1/2 ton even loaded will have less than 2500lbs on the rear axle, leaving about 2500lbs for available payload.
Passengers put less than 50% of their weight on the rear axle.
Now add a wdh and pull some more weight off the rear axle from the trailer dead load.
Not rocket science. Man these trucks do this stuff day in day out. RVing is not a specialized application.
Next time yer out and about, take count of all the 10-20 year old 1/2 ton pickups pulling size able trailers or squatting hard from the same load every day year after year.
Also take note of how many broken rear axles you've seen or even heard of.
Then doo the math.
