king nothing

You will definitely want a max-tow. HD payload would be awesome too but you won't find one on the lot. Hell, the max-tow seem to be few and far between. My dealer who is the biggest F-series dealer in IL only had one max-tow on the lot out of about 150 trucks. They had to find a truck for me because the one they had wouldn't work for me

MEZERR

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And yes, take that truck back! For your trailer, you definitely need max tow. Payload wouldn't hurt ither

king nothing

I'm not looking forward to hooking up my TT with the factory goodyears but new tires aren't in the budget. Wish I would have had the dealer swap them out for some LTs and wrap it into the payment

RES4CUE

Max payload and tow! Like others have said, upgrade tires ASAP!

Adobe2X

If you are going to tow near 10K, what is your tongue weight going to be? It is probably going to be near any total 1/2 GVWR you could buy...and again, please consider changing tires to something that has a stiffer sidewall if you are going to tow near the max rating. I have towed near 9K with the four plys (max tow, 3.73's and all) and don't want to do it again.
If they do take your truck back, you can make that part of the deal for the new one.

Coastline

I agree...I just bought a truck with the max tow and dealer couldn't find one in 500 mile radius. Finally found one in Maryland. You should definitely get the max tow though.

ute

You don't want just max tow ..you need HD ..( 7 lug Rims so you know you have it )

Second you need 2 wheel drive non Screw ( to be even close to your numbers )

You need a F250

Please check out Fords site on towing

http://www.ford.com/resources/ford/g...F150_Sep11.pdf


And if you are bound on F150 ONLY GET HD

eye.surgeon

The F150 is not the right truck for this application. It will suffice if optioned carefully. But it won't be optimal. You should be looking at a F250 diesel.

oldwhite

Well just got back a few minutes ago. They sent us back with the same truck for the night and they did a truck search for a good towing package and 3.73 gears. On our way back the salesman called and said they found one and will have it in the dealership tomorrow. He didn't have any specifics as to the model or anything but he did say it had 3.73s which was our biggest concern. So we will be back tomorrow to swap trucks.

Thanks for all the info guys. was a big help!

Are the tires really that big of a deal? With all the research and money put into these trucks was tire strength really overlooked?

gsxr1216

Well i had a '03 Dmax before i bought my ecoboost i can tell you i got better mileage empty with the Dmax, and while towing i got TONS better mileage with the Dmax. Dont let the numbers on the sticker suck you in like they did to me..... i was hoping to get good DD MPG and still have a good tow vehicle and IMO this truck has failed on both counts for my application so far.

As for towing i had a 24' enclosed race hauler, Dmax pulled it mint and didnt even act like it was back there really, ecoboost wont pull it in 6th gear and was pushed all over the road with the crap tires that came on it. even going to E range tires it was no where near the tow vehicle in regards to stabilty or power let alone the single digit MPG it gets towing that trailer...

Trying to pull a 36' TT at the weight you are talking about after owning and pulling the same trailer with a 3/4 ton truck i think you will be severely dissapointed with any F-150 configuration that you buy.

How many miles do you pull this TT every year? the ecoboost will be returning single digit MPG with your TT, you really need to evaluate how many miles you plan to tow per year VS how many DD miles you drive per year and got from there to decide what to buy.

good luck!