Oaf

I ordered my '16 F150 with the 10,000 lb tow capacity, but when I got it I found it was only 7,000 lb capacity. The sales guy agreed we ordered the 10,000 lb and went to check. He said the 10,000 lb tow wasn't available with the "chrome package" which I had to get in order to get the Bronzefire paint color I wanted. Does anybody know what the difference is between the two tow ratings? What different equipment the bigger one has? I have the 3.5 Ecoboost with a 3.55 locker rear.

Ricktwuhk

Read the Towing section of the forum. No F-150 can tow 10,000 pounds, period. Hitch cannot take more than 1,200 which works out to 9,231. But that is unrealistic because most payloads don't come close to that, many are thousands less.

Read your yellow Payload sticker on the door jamb.

SixShooter14

Unless it's a boat or grain trailer with very little hitch weight....But generally, 10k is a bit much for a F150

Steve Osborne

Canada the xtr package gets the chrome....
Max tow for the 10100lb- mine..

V1Rotate

Blows my mind people want to (and do) tow 10K lb+ with a small half ton.. No thanks.

elfiero

I have pulled a 12,000+lb trailer with my 5.0, 3.55 trailer tow truck. It's all in the loading of the trailer, and making sure the trailer brakes work correctly. This is NOT recommended, and IS ILLEGAL, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. If you don't drive like Ricky Racer, don't speed, and leave extra room for braking- it works OK. Would I drag it across the country? no, but 40 or 60 miles doesn't hurt.
P.S. That's one of the main reasons they put that there transmission temp. gauge in the dash- so you can tell when you're pushin' it too hard.

V1Rotate

You're right, 40-60 miles once in a blue moon probably (probably) won't kill anybody. But if you tow anything more than an average boat with any regularity you should have bought an F250/equivalent. I've witnessed too many times some guy who assumed that just because it'll get it moving it'll get it stopped as well

elfiero

You make a great point! I think most people don't understand that the brakes on the truck are only meant to stop the truck at it max rated CVGW. They are not meant to stop that raging beast of a trailer it's pulling.

Shaggy1970

Please go back read and verify your sources. Lots of F150 models can tow well over 10,000 and the max being 11700. http://www.fleet.ford.com/towing-guides/

Ricktwuhk

Pull maybe. Tow, with weight on the truck from the hitch? Nope. Boat trailers have a much lighter hitch weight, or a hay wagon that is just being pulled.

Between Payload limitation and hitch limitation it's not possible. Stop reading charts put out by marketers and read the actual limitation stickers put on your truck.

I suggest you go read the Towing Section of the forum also, and learn reality vs. fiction.