jeffinthebag

I keep my vehicles for 10 years or 250,000 miles. By that point they are pretty beat.

MPETE

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the F250 will be a lot less strained with that load. its the smarter of the 2, ESPECIALLY if you plan on keeping it till 250k miles. a 6.2 SD will still be a decent truck being worked that hard, but I dang sure wouldnt want to think about what kind of shape a 5.0 F150 will be after hauling that kind of weight day in and day out for 10 years. I know what my truck (granted its not a max load truck) is like when hauling 2000lbs and while it does ok now and then doing it every day, I am pretty sure it wouldnt last very long.

mike2100

Just a general question - which component(s) on the F150 would wear out and/or break exactly? Springs, shocks, transmission, rear axle/diff?
I'm genuinely asking here. I mean it seems intuitive to not run the truck at 50-75% of its max load for 250k miles, but what's the practical reality? Run the heavy use maintenance schedule and replace shocks more often?

wintersucks

The weight that often just get the gasser 3/4 ton. Otherwise plan on adding some 'help' to the back of the 1/2 ton. It will take it fine, just will be squatting pretty good. Ratings are just that, just for the vehicle to keep them out of lawsuits. Legally, you are still putting it over 2 tires and while at the top of the rating, The work 'legally' doesn't apply. That only applies to your licence. If it can handle it, a 1 ton can tow/haul just as much as a straight truck as far as wheels on the ground are considered. Off in the weeds yes, just want to drag some people away from the 'legal' wording and back to the 'rated' wording.