Towing capacity vs max cargo weight rating
Hello all! Can someone clarify something for me? If a truck's max gooseneck trailer loaded weight is 15,100 lbs (as per manufacturer towing guide - it is a Ford) - how can the max cargo weight rati...
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ognend wrote:If 36# is that important to you.... You need a bigger truck.Huntindog wrote:
Read my ENTIRE post again. I am not going to contact Ford without your trucks pertintnent info, and challange them on your behalf. It is YOUR truck, and you have the necessary info, and YOU are the one that wants to use your own numbers... If you want an explanation.... Then Ford is your source for it...... If you just want to use the number you came up with.... It is a free country. Just do it, no need to ask about it here.
Ah I see what you are saying.
In an ideal world we would have access to Ford engineers to ask them these questions. In the real world, I have a coolant leak for the last 10,000 miles that the Ford dealer cannot find after two visits but is happy to top off the coolant every oil change. I also cannot get Ford to fix my FordPass account so that all my repair/maintenance history is fully unlocked for me to see as an owner. In the real world, I have a sticker with a "magic number" of 2184 lbs (which is SUPER precise for payload, not 2180, not 2190 but 2184!), I also have a RAWR and FAWR even though I am not supposed to be looking at those (why give them to me?).
You see, in the real world, you are only interesting to Ford when you ask "how much". Thanks for your insights.
