mikeinatlanta

Just read this and see you already figured out the receiver is not Max Tow. Regardless, you will most likely run out of payload long before you hit your tow rating. How heavy is your trailer?

Wassup8687

My chain ears are at an angle but my window sticker says class IV receiver. Are there any other tell tale signs to look for? I don't think I have max tow.

Spladle160

Mike, You nailed it. I realized I don't have the max tow receiver and that it doesn't matter on bit. My limiting variable is the class 4 vertical load limit on tongue weight and or my max payload. As long as it's just me in the truck and not the whole family assuming no weight distributing trailing I'm looking at 1000lbs max tongue weight / ~13% trailer weight on the tongue = ~7700lbs. That said if I've got a load of wood to take a few miles down the road then the calculation looks like this. That trailer + this truck = yep, get'r done. With the proper weight distribution hitch I wouldn't hesitate to pull the 10,600 it's rated for on paper. Of course it's all a bit superfluous at this point since the biggest trailer I currently own is a 14' single axle utility trailer. I've probably rarely had over 7k lbs on it.

maco

mine looks like the top one & I've got the heavy F150 with the 7 stud axles....
tooo lazy to go outside but I remember to the left of the right side sticker & the hole & facing down there was a bunch of details stamped there..
something like 4100 lbs..
both hitches above look very much the same??
The only thing different you can see in each picture is the thickness of the chain bracket??

Spladle160

Yep, the hitch seems like it's a different part for different parts sake since they're both class IV hitches.

akbrian

Hate to break it to you but doesn't matter what GVW, or class you think your hitch, receiver, or truck is. The receiver is 99% sure only rated at 500lbs tongue weight.

Spladle160

Yep, 500lb max tongue weight 1000lb distributed. Guess I'll worry about it if I'm ever pulling anything of any size very far. For now it is what it is. That max tongue weight is pretty pathetic though. There's 600lb tongue weight rated class 3 hitches. What's the max tow package hitch tongue weight rated for? We've seen how similar they are. Are they just trying to sell that package?

mikeinatlanta

Curt has a receiver rated at 1,000lb, however you have to either get one than hangs under your current one or remove your current one and install a standard bumper support without receiver. Myself, I figure I'll worry about it when I see the first of either factory receiver either bent or broken.

akbrian

max tow is 500lbs as well. It’s a gimmick not even a class III except with WD. Kinda like heated and “cooled” seats. Now they call them ventilated because they aren’t actually cooled anymore. Lawyers and their fine print.

mass-hole

Did you actually check the sticker on your hitch? I thought the non-max tow trucks were still rated for almost 11,000 lbs towing which means your hitch would be rated ~1100 lbs of tongue weight. Max tow would be rated for 1220 lb I believe. Look under the truck and there should be a sticker.