🔧 Technical Real Towing Thread- no busters

[Angus]

Angus post your gvwr capacity label im curious how it reads

I think you'll be well over your limit of towing, and your payload capacity, quite quickly.

Dry weights don't include propane tank(s) or batteries I believe either.

Yeah, could be. Good idea to weigh before buying. I don’t want to be over the limit, but also know I’ll be ok right up to the limits of weights.

 

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I’d like N Pro Stock John to weigh in. He’s no stranger to towing over capacity

Such a dick.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Such a dick.

 

[Yaj Yak]

F150 capacities legit always crack me up because they are just wildly all over the board depending on how equipped.

first, regular cab, 5.0 rwd truck.

10,400lbs.

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next, regular cab 2.7 rwd truck.

7400lbs

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extended cab 2.7 rwd truck... less than HALF what the 5.0 truck above can tow.

5k lbs

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[Bob Kazamakis]

That’s a wild swing

 

[Yaj Yak]

That’s a wild swing

right? i thought the extended cab truck would be way more than 5k lbs but i was wronnnng.

 

[Yaj Yak]

That’s a wild swing

okay so ford's calculator is wrong somehow unless ford's tow guide is wrong?

tow guide says 7600- tow calculator says 5k

 

[Broke EF]

How does one have 100lbs more payload, but 2,400 less towing?

 

[Yaj Yak]

How does one have 100lbs more payload, but 2,400 less towing?

which option?

 

[Broke EF]

I closed it all already, but the one that had the 5,000 towing capacity was 100lb more payload than the one that had 7,400 towing capacity.

 

[Yaj Yak]

I closed it all already, but the one that had the 5,000 towing capacity was 100lb more payload than the one that had 7,400 towing capacity.

they don't typically correlate necessarily- like my burban's payload capacity is pretty fucking stout at 2200-2400lbs but towing is rated at "only" 9400.

there was some f150s a few years back with 3k+ payload capacities iirc.

 

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How about a Trailboss 3 liter turbo?

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

How about a Trailboss 3 liter turbo?

Says no busters right in the thread title

 

[Yaj Yak]

2024 reg cab long bed f150s- 2025 chart isn't out yet for some reason. for my reference mainly

Regular cab 8' bed 2wd	3.15 gears	3.31 gears	3.55 gears	3.73 gears
2.7 v6	x	x	7500​	8200​
3.5 v6	x	10900​	10900​	x
5.0 v8	9600​	9600​	x	10200​

 

[Yaj Yak]

 

[Yaj Yak]

this is like, dumb GM shit style.

can't get an e-locker with any other gears than 3.73 with a 5.0

 

[Yaj Yak]

wtf