Originally Posted by adgjqetuo

Sorry if I'm beating a dead horse here, but even with the HDPP - what good is having a 2500+ lb payload if your hitch is rated the same as the non HDPP with a 1200lb max limit?

You can add more stuff into the truck, but it doesn't allow you to pull a heavier trailer? My payload is 1865 and I can pull the same trailer as the HDPP trucks as we are both limited by the 1200 hitch rating. Isn't this correct?

I looked at my Dads 7.2 turbo diesel Excursion (which I believe is on a SD frame) and it also has a 1200 lb hitch rating too. How are HDPP 150s or 250s pulling heavier trailers when they are all limited to the same hitch ratings?

By this logic, his SD PS diesel can't legally tow anymore then my max tow 3.5 EB 150.

Originally Posted by acdii

That would be a step up to a Class V hitch with a WDH of 1700 pounds, and for those you have to go up to at least a 3/4 ton or 1 ton truck, since they don't make Class V for an F150.