TOWING WOES-07 HD F150 -tire/rim question
03-08-2015, 11:39 AM
#12
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03-08-2015, 11:47 AM
#13
Chive So Hard
To tag onto the last bit, you will need a level to fit that tire. I dont know if you researched this much, but the Harley Davidson edition F150s are not a great towing platform even with 3.73's. They were built to look good and at most lug around a motorcycle or two. The AWD system makes them lose a good bit of towin ability and if I'm not mistaken, they are only rated for about 5000lbs of towing. Sorry the dealer duped you like it seems the did. Any competent (I say this as loosely and unrealistically as possible) salesman would have told you to go with something other than a Harley package to tow that kind of weight.
03-08-2015, 11:58 AM
#14
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To tag onto the last bit, you will need a level to fit that tire. I dont know if you researched this much, but the Harley Davidson edition F150s are not a great towing platform even with 3.73's. They were built to look good and at most lug around a motorcycle or two. The AWD system makes them lose a good bit of towin ability and if I'm not mistaken, they are only rated for about 5000lbs of towing. Sorry the dealer duped you like it seems the did. Any competent (I say this as loosely and unrealistically as possible) salesman would have told you to go with something other than a Harley package to tow that kind of weight.
yeah, ive read 5000, and 5500... but most say its due to the thin sidewall tires and no transmission cooler from what I've found anyway. It pulls really well and stays cool with the small mods ive already done, I've pulled a trailer of scrap steel for the guys at work because our powerstroke took a crap, and it did really well, scale said 5800 lbs of steel plus the 24' trailer. But that was only 30 miles, when we haul our camper, its usually 200-300 miles..