Towing Recommendation
10-14-2018, 01:00 AM
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10-14-2018, 01:14 AM
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Legal payload ? Where did you get that term ? There is nothing legal or illegal about payload for a half-ton pickup.
10-14-2018, 06:47 AM
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The 7350 number is the max legal limit for his truck. In an incident involving a serious accident or fatality his rig could be weighed to determine liability. While that's common with commercial vehicles and uncommon with RV's, the possibility still exists.
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10-14-2018, 07:40 AM
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1,184 minus 100 for the bedliner minus 100 for the wdh minus you and your family divided by .13 is your loaded trailer limit.
1,184 - 200 - 400 for people equals 584. Divide by .13 and you get 3,431 for a max LOADED trailer.
That is a very low payload on the sticker...
If you want to tow a 9,000 loaded trailer, at 13% hitch weight you'd need 1,170 of available payload after subtracting everything added plus wdh plus people. Many F-150 hitches are limited to less than that hitch weight btw, read the sticker on the hitch.
No Platinum is going to be anywhere near that.
www.f150forum.com/f82 is the Towing section of the forum. Read some threads.
1,184 - 200 - 400 for people equals 584. Divide by .13 and you get 3,431 for a max LOADED trailer.
That is a very low payload on the sticker...
If you want to tow a 9,000 loaded trailer, at 13% hitch weight you'd need 1,170 of available payload after subtracting everything added plus wdh plus people. Many F-150 hitches are limited to less than that hitch weight btw, read the sticker on the hitch.
No Platinum is going to be anywhere near that.
www.f150forum.com/f82 is the Towing section of the forum. Read some threads.
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10-14-2018, 09:33 AM
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It depends if the liner was added by the dealer or order direct from ford. If it was done by the dealer you can take about 40-60 pounds off that payload leaving you with little over 1100 pounds. That truck really isn't capable of towing any kind of TT unless its very small and you only have a naked driver in the truck. It would be a good family hauler or a bass boat tower if needed. Beyond that its not made to haul / pull much. Adding springs etc doesn't increase the legal value of the towing. The only thing you could potentially do is remove items from the truck to make it lighter. You could take the tailgate off for one and find other options... not very practical.
10-14-2018, 10:29 AM
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So you're saying they just put numbers on these because they had an open area on the sticker and we can load them with whatever weight we want? You don't think if he is running around with 2000lls in the truck he can't get a ticket if stopped and weighed?
10-14-2018, 10:54 AM
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1,184 minus 100 for the bedliner minus 100 for the wdh minus you and your family divided by .13 is your loaded trailer limit.
1,184 - 200 - 400 for people equals 584. Divide by .13 and you get 3,431 for a max LOADED trailer.
That is a very low payload on the sticker...
If you want to tow a 9,000 loaded trailer, at 13% hitch weight you'd need 1,170 of available payload after subtracting everything added plus wdh plus people. Many F-150 hitches are limited to less than that hitch weight btw, read the sticker on the hitch.
No Platinum is going to be anywhere near that.
www.f150forum.com/f82 is the Towing section of the forum. Read some threads.
1,184 - 200 - 400 for people equals 584. Divide by .13 and you get 3,431 for a max LOADED trailer.
That is a very low payload on the sticker...
If you want to tow a 9,000 loaded trailer, at 13% hitch weight you'd need 1,170 of available payload after subtracting everything added plus wdh plus people. Many F-150 hitches are limited to less than that hitch weight btw, read the sticker on the hitch.
No Platinum is going to be anywhere near that.
www.f150forum.com/f82 is the Towing section of the forum. Read some threads.