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I get what you are saying, but 1000 lbs of tongue weight is not 1000 lbs of axle load.
Ford does not disclose what the truck can handle beyond 500 lbs of tongue weight with a stronger hitch. Probably because the truck isnt intended to have any hitch besides the one designed for it by Ford.
Should they disclose what the truck can handle safely? Why would they want to, it would be more liability on them. By default, it is only rated to handle 500 lbs of tongue weight as there is no rating beyond that.
For every foot away from the axle, the tongue weight gets multiplied. Thats why you need a WDH.
Can you figure out what 1000 lbs of tongue weight is at the rear axle?
I have been around that weight in this truck and another F150 2.7 XL RC i swapped hitches on and its not visibly overloaded in the least bit. Minor squat.
Same trailer load in my old 15 Maxtow FX4 Screw factory hitch and without WD towed like dog ****. My *** puckered so hard I was worried I messed up the seat.
I threw some HDPP shocks on it and those sucked too. $37 each so worth a try.
I can try but it has a DCU on it and I let someone take it home so it stays secure.
I daily an F350 right now. I could possibly try with it.
Its hard to scale 1,000lbs though.
I am going to snag another f150 in the next few months I can jet around in and will do the same mods. Definitely could do it then. What i can probably do is load it to 10,000 and try as 2 bunks of OSB and the trailer is about that exactly.
It will be the new model but the chassis is the same as the 15 from what I understand.
My payload capacity is 1898 lbs.
Subtract myself of 230
Some gas
You are saying with the correct hitch I can put 1600 lbs of tongue weight on my truck? Receiver hitch not gooseneck or 5th wheel.
You would be either have to be exceeding their "tongue weight should be 10%" statement or exceeding the maximum trailer weight for any F150 with a 1600 lb tongue though.
You would be either have to be exceeding their "tongue weight should be 10%" statement or exceeding the maximum trailer weight for any F150 with a 1600 lb tongue though.
Travel trailers often have higher tongue weight than 10%. 13% is common.
13% of a 12,000 lbs trailer is 1,560 lbs.
But even at 10%, thats still 1,200 lbs. I wonder what the actual rear axle load would be.
IDK what you mean by "scale". I know how to scale a fish. I assumed you meant "put that amount of weight on", which is easy using things that are sold in-bulk by weight (like sandbags). If you mean "weigh", then I can weigh vehicles by driving onto a vehicle scale; either at the local dump, or at a salvage yard, or a truck stop... This is that same black Bronco just after I built it at a salvage yard, with just me & some junk parts in it - no sandbags or hitch hauler.
I weighed this at the county landfill at 16Kip (truck 5800; trailer 2700; tractor 7500).
IDK what you mean by "scale". I know how to scale a fish. I assumed you meant "put that amount of weight on", which is easy using things that are sold in-bulk by weight (like sandbags). If you mean "weigh", then I can weigh vehicles by driving onto a vehicle scale; either at the local dump, or at a salvage yard, or a truck stop... This is that same black Bronco just after I built it at a salvage yard, with just me & some junk parts in it - no sandbags or hitch hauler.
I weighed this at the county landfill at 16Kip (truck 5800; trailer 2700; tractor 7500).
Damn that old Super Cab F-250 or 350 is clean,when was that picture taken?
