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Except you EXCEED the receivers rating. You cannot put more weight on the RX on an HDPP regardless of how much payload it has, than a non HDPP MT with available payload. With just me in the cab, I can easily put 1320 pounds on the receiver on my truck, and have some payload left.
Except a lot of F150's can never achieve their receiver's rating because they run out of payload first. Cause we put so much **** in our trucks.
Except a lot of F150's can never achieve their receiver's rating because they run out of payload first. Cause we put so much **** in our trucks.
That cannot be argued against! 100% agreed on here. I know right now I have ~400 pounds of batteries in the bed of mine for winter traction. I try not to keep a lot of junk in the cab, mainly a few straps under the back seat and a fire extinguisher in the center console. I don't want crap in the cab that can rattle and I get cranky when a passenger leaves the front seatbelt twisted so it rattles on a bumpy road. .
Batteries for winter traction, that's a new one for me. Wet acid? Internal posts?
Weight, free, in cartridges so easy to handle. They came out of UPS units at work. I have found several uses for them besides adding weight to the truck for winter driving. They are nice and flat and evenly distribute weight so I use them for gluing sheets and laminating parts for my planes. They hold 10 batteries in each and I carry 6 of them currently but have a dozen of them if needed.
These are the ones I use in my shop to hold stuff down. Got a little dusty sitting under the drill press.
Tow rating may not increase, but the fact that you can put more tongue weight on an HDPP means that when running trailers where weight cannot be distributed (like TT's), heavier trailers can be towed.
HDPP increasing tow capacity is false on paper, true in reality.
I have a 1,250lbs wet tongue weight on this 37ft, 8,400lbs dry, ~9,500lbs wet trailer, and if anyone claim the Max Tow can tow and handle more than the HDPP, ask them to drop this trailer on their hitch, and I bet they would be afraid to tow it around the block.
The HDPP can tow it's max hitch ratings of 1,320lbs in a travel trailer with over 1,000lbs of payload left to play with, and it can tow anything else anyone dare try to tow with a 1/2 ton truck.
The HDPP haters are going to hate, and all I have to do is dare them to drop my trailer on their hitch...cricket!!!
Except a lot of F150's can never achieve their receiver's rating because they run out of payload first. Cause we put so much **** in our trucks.
I must be an exception my dually has 5789 payload and 14k GVWR. I went to the dump today and weighed out with me(240lbs), my misc cab stuff, tonneau cover, GN hitch, spray in liner and standard ball mount in the frame hitch, with over 3/4 tank of fuel at 8660lbs. That leaves me 5340 pounds available. So that means if I added 9 gallons of fuel at about 80lbs the truck would be 8740, which leaves 5260 available. So I really dont haul much around or my truck is lighter than Ford says
I must be an exception my dually has 5789 payload and 14k GVWR. I went to the dump today and weighed out with me(240lbs), my misc cab stuff, tonneau cover, GN hitch, spray in liner and standard ball mount in the frame hitch, with over 3/4 tank of fuel at 8660lbs. That leaves me 5340 pounds available. So that means if I added 9 gallons of fuel at about 80lbs the truck would be 8740, which leaves 5260 available. So I really dont haul much around or my truck is lighter than Ford says
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