Maury82 wrote:
Smaller and lighter...negatives in relation to the load. Accelerates faster and stops quicker...ONLY WHEN EMPTY...put the same trailer behind my truck and I'll out accelerate AND out stop the F150 with better HP/torque, better gearing, bigger brakes, and better traction.
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That "only when empty" is a huge benefit that you cannot appreciate. You cannot appreciate that 3.5 EB/10 speed and more agile handling...but that's you.
Not me.
My setup is comfortable enough that allows someone with no experience to gain confidence as the miles rolled by, and a big fat pot belly of a truck proved unnecessary.
As for braking, there is better braking to be had in the F150, and I'm upgrading to high performance slotted rotors and pads next year.
As a matter of fact, with that extra 4,000 lbs your truck is lugging around, with my 8,400lbs trailer, I have to see for myself that your truck can stop shorter than my truck hooked up to the same trailer.
I'm not saying your truck can't, but I'm not convinced that with performance rotors and pads on my HDPP, that your truck can stop my trailer shorter, or significantly shorter.
You definitely need those heavy duty brakes for that girth that the truck is lugging around.
And for the record, with my trailer being within specs for my truck, I perceived my truck versus the same trim 3/4 ton 6.2 gasses as trading one towing capablity over another one.
That 3/4 ton with that extra 2,000lbs weight is definitely more stable, but I'm not sure to what extent that extra stability goes, and to what degree. I'm comfortably stable.
The downside that the 3/4 have until those gassers are updated, are those inferior engine/transmissions, and they can't touch the HDPP EB when moving my trailer, especially up grades...that EB yanks my trailer around.
While I agree your F150 is far more car-like than the most of the HD trucks, you probably don't want to compare your F150's braking turning and acceleration to my specific big fat pot belly truck.
You might be disappointed in the results.
Since I've owned 3 Ecoboosts so far, I CAN and DO appreciate the speed and handling.
I've already installed slotted rotors and Hawk pads.
I've already tuned this truck. Just a hair under 6 seconds zero to 60 when empty at 9500lbs on 35" tires.
It came stock with a better turning radius than the longer wheelbase F150's.
Near Zero body roll in the corners with the new suspension kit from One Up Offroad.
See...you can modify the HD trucks to behave better just like you can the modify the F150 to tow better....to a point. It works both ways.
Oh, we call my truck "Big Booty Rooty"
