towing with 1/2 ton towable trailer.

sele wrote:

IdaD wrote:

Kevin O. wrote:
The F150 with the Max tow and HD payload pkg will handle your trailer with no problem. The problem is trying to find a used F150 with these pkgs. It would be like finding a needle in a haystack. And if you went to order a new F150 with all the towing goodies you will be in the same price range as a new 3/4 ton truck.. Not sure if it would even be worth it?

Kevin

Nail on the head right there. By the time you option out a half ton with all the heavy towing and payload options, you may as well just buy a 3/4 ton cause they don't cost any more at that point and you get a lot more truck for your money.

I hate to disagree but mine was about $12,000 cheaper than a 3/4 ton, Granted it is an xlt loaded and it does have max tow haul package with a 3.73 rear-end. Again I think you need to be realistic with what you expect we are very pleased. This pickup is also my daily driver I have about 53,000 miles on it with right at 10,000 from towing. It does a great job with both.

Sorry, but there's nowhere near a $12k price difference. I paid $39k for the truck in my sig in June, and a co-worker got a similar discount on a '15 F150 and he paid $35k a couple of months later - and it's a 2.7 without max tow or HD payload (as far as I know haven't been any HD payloads produced on the new models yet). We both bought from high volume dealers so the trucks were discounted pretty heavily off MSRP. I could have paid about $6k less had I gone with a gasser.

Both were crew cab 4wd models with pretty similar options. Maybe a half ton super cab runs quite a bit less, but I can't imagine it would grow to a $12k gap.