Looking at new trucks
Looking at getting a new truck (4 door pickup style short bed) and looking at the Ford and the Chevy brands. The 2500 HD Chevy has a payload of 2493 lbs and a tow capacity of 13,000 lbs The F1...
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Gdetrailer wrote:
Thats right, the CONSUMERS FAIL to READ THE ENTIRE TOWING DOCUMENTATION INCLUDING ALL THE FOOTNOTES that often state..
BASE MODEL, 4X2, REGULAR CAB AND ALL REQUIRED OPTIONS.
The consumer SEEs towing numbers like 10,000, 12,000 lbs towing for a 1/2 ton BUT FAILS TO READ THE FOOTNOTES. Which means that fully decked out Crew cab 1/2 ton is not able to tow that 10,000 lb trailer since all the added items above the BASE MODEL ADDS WEIGHT TO THE CURB WEIGHT WHICH REDUCES THE AVAILABLE CARGO WEIGHT.
I'm going to disagree. You do have to read the fine print but it's not true that the #'s they advertise require a base model.
I'll use my truck, a 2011 F150 Ecoboost. 4x4, Max Tow, Supercrew Lariat with pretty much every option other than navigation, moonroof and man step. Leather, heated/cooled seats, console, etc. Not a base model at all.
Ford specs this to tow 11,300 lbs. From my door sticker, I have 1,820 lbs of payload. My max tongue weight is 1,130 lbs.
So @ 10% tongue, I can pull 11,300 lbs and have 690 lbs of "stuff" in the truck. While probably not great for a family of 4, for me the wife and dog, and a trailer that's max GVWR is 10k, it works well.
The problem becomes finding these specially equipped trucks. I lucked out and found one on the used market.
