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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Okay add this simple math to check out the marketing stuff...while everyone is still playing with marketing nomenclatures...AKA "half ton w Max Tow"..."Half ton w Max Payload"..."Half ton w HDPP"... Maybe someone can post the GVWR"s and RGAWR's for each of those marketing designations...
As for folks thinking the MTWR is an absolute...find your TV's GCWR and subtract the MTWR from it (GCWR - MTWR). Then take the drivers door label listing the weight of 'that' TV. Most will find that the simple math will beget a much lighter weight TV than what they have...why?...because they used a stripper model to derive that MTWR. Marty is about the only guy who owns one of those stripper trucks...most have options from one to all of them and every mix inbetween...
As for folks thinking the MTWR is an absolute...find your TV's GCWR and subtract the MTWR from it (GCWR - MTWR). Then take the drivers door label listing the weight of 'that' TV. Most will find that the simple math will beget a much lighter weight TV than what they have...why?...because they used a stripper model to derive that MTWR. Marty is about the only guy who owns one of those stripper trucks...most have options from one to all of them and every mix inbetween...
