What are you towing with your F150
Lots of talk on the forum about 3/4 ton trucks but I was wondering what is your experience with your 1/2 ton ( or the one you used to have). What 1/2 ton do you have? what do you tow with it? What is/...
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With a 2014 F150, super cab, long bed, 4x4, with the Ecoboost engine and, heavy duty tow package and heavy duty payload package, I haul a 20 foot, 4400 lb Airstream (plus a truck cap and bed full of supplies) like it wasn't there. I could haul more but I wouldn't haul much more, especially in hill country. The truck could handle perhaps two thousand pounds plus more weight but, staying below specs makes a huge difference in performance and wear and tear.
Unhitched, I can get close to the Ford 21 mpg mileage claim. Towing, I drop to 14-15 and with hills it can drop to 12-13. I just put a longer ball mount on it ( NOT a hitch extension ) and rotated the jack head so that I could drop my tailgate. It added a very slight tugging to it on rougher roads. I really don't NEED a weight distribution hitch or sway control. It rides level and the truck has sway control built in that works very well but, I may add it anyway to smooth out the rougher roads and give me a greater margin of error in a panic or emergency situation.
Unhitched, I can get close to the Ford 21 mpg mileage claim. Towing, I drop to 14-15 and with hills it can drop to 12-13. I just put a longer ball mount on it ( NOT a hitch extension ) and rotated the jack head so that I could drop my tailgate. It added a very slight tugging to it on rougher roads. I really don't NEED a weight distribution hitch or sway control. It rides level and the truck has sway control built in that works very well but, I may add it anyway to smooth out the rougher roads and give me a greater margin of error in a panic or emergency situation.
