Weight Distributing Hitches
We upgraded from a 24 foot travel trailer to a 33 foot travel trailer this summer. We are towing with a Ford F150 with Eco Boost engine. The truck is rated to tow up to 9600 and our TT is 6500 so we...
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OP, the question could also be, "Can I increase the Capability of my truck?" That answer is an absolute Yes. By that I mean, you can change tires to LT tires, add airbags/Timbrens, add better brakes etc.
But you as the end user can't change the Rated Payload capacity from the factory.
I kind of like using the old supercharger analogy. If you take a factory stock Trans Am from 1994 they had an LT1 engine factory rated at around 265 HP. Bolt on a supercharger and you increase the Horsepower substantially. But noting you will ever do will increase the factory rated HP... Go have GM run the VIN on the 94 trans am and the computer will still say 265 hp. However the real world reality is that the car is far more capable of making more hp than the factory rating.
Adding springs, shocks, bags, lower gear ratios, brakes, etc all increase the capability of the truck, but they do nothing to change the factory payload rating.
Many Many half tonners and 3/4 tonners do this and are quite successful. Some can't stand the nagging feeling that they are beyond factory capacity so they upgrade to a bigger truck.
So in the end, it comes down to you doing your homework and figuring out if you want to use the half ton as it is, add the add ons, or buy a bigger truck.
Thanks,
Jeremiah
But you as the end user can't change the Rated Payload capacity from the factory.
I kind of like using the old supercharger analogy. If you take a factory stock Trans Am from 1994 they had an LT1 engine factory rated at around 265 HP. Bolt on a supercharger and you increase the Horsepower substantially. But noting you will ever do will increase the factory rated HP... Go have GM run the VIN on the 94 trans am and the computer will still say 265 hp. However the real world reality is that the car is far more capable of making more hp than the factory rating.
Adding springs, shocks, bags, lower gear ratios, brakes, etc all increase the capability of the truck, but they do nothing to change the factory payload rating.
Many Many half tonners and 3/4 tonners do this and are quite successful. Some can't stand the nagging feeling that they are beyond factory capacity so they upgrade to a bigger truck.
So in the end, it comes down to you doing your homework and figuring out if you want to use the half ton as it is, add the add ons, or buy a bigger truck.
Thanks,
Jeremiah
