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However, I believe you can get Lariat crews with ~1800 pounds of payload if you forgo additional options.
I'm at 1760#. No moonroof, no bed liner, no tailgate step, stock 18" wheels. I have not seen a Lariat with a better payload, not saying there aren't. I was after 1700 and happy.
I'm at 1760#. No moonroof, no bed liner, no tailgate step, stock 18" wheels. I have not seen a Lariat with a better payload, not saying there aren't. I was after 1700 and happy.
I will raise my hand for a Lariat with a payload of 1903lbs. also no moon roof, tailgate step. But I also have a smaller cab/seats just needed a supercab for myself, wife and dog.
I'll throw my hat in the ring for highest payload Lariat. Admittedly mine is rare even among unicorns 2018 F150 Lariat 500A with HDPP Factory Payload = 2337 GVWR = 7800
For the same money I'd buy a used F250 to pull the trailer and a car for when I didn't need a truck.
IMO 8000 lbs is the realistic limit for towing with a 1/2 ton truck regardless of what the charts say. You can certainly find 1/2 tons rated to pull 10,000+ so 8000 is certainly doable if you choose carefully. But in my experience by the time you find an F150 that will do it, for the same money or less a 3/4 ton does it better. I just don't see any downside to going with an F250 over an F150 set up to tow that much.
I'll throw my hat in the ring for highest payload Lariat. Admittedly mine is rare even among unicorns 2018 F150 Lariat 500A with HDPP Factory Payload = 2337 GVWR = 7800
Someone else on this site has a Lariat HDPP with ~2500 pound payload
For the same money I'd buy a used F250 to pull the trailer and a car for when I didn't need a truck.
IMO 8000 lbs is the realistic limit for towing with a 1/2 ton truck regardless of what the charts say. You can certainly find 1/2 tons rated to pull 10,000+ so 8000 is certainly doable if you choose carefully. But in my experience by the time you find an F150 that will do it, for the same money or less a 3/4 ton does it better. I just don't see any downside to going with an F250 over an F150 set up to tow that much.
The down side is roof height if you need to get into parking garages. Fuel mileage when empty. And the big truck + car solution costs much more for purchase if you're going for equivalence in trim and condition and maintenance if you're not.
What do people think about occasional (1x per month) towing with an Ecoboost model which has towing capacity of 11,100. Will it pull 8000 pounds comfortably, or am I going to regret it?
There are two completely different EcoBoost engines. The 2.7L is a grocery getter with limited payload capacity. It can PULL a lot heavier trailer than it can CARRY the hitch weight without being overloaded. The 3.5L is a towing monster. Be sure your EcoBoost is a 3.5L. That 3.5L EcoBoost drivetrain will pull an 8k trailer over the Rockies without breaking a sweat. It has a lot more payload capacity than the 2.7L, but is still limited.
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Someone else on this site has a Lariat HDPP with ~2500 pound payload.
But not a new one. Last year for a Lariat with HDPP was 2018. That's what I wanted, but they were no longer available when I ordered my 2019.
Since I couldn't have HDPP in a 2019 Lariat, and DW insisted on a Lariat, I compromised by getting a SuperCab instead of a SuperCrew. Works fine for us. I wanted the Max Tow pkg, and as an old man with a handicapped DW I had to have cab steps and tailgate steps. No heavy hole in the roof. Result with Lariat 501 trim in a 4x2 is over 1,900 pounds payload capacity. I would prefer a SuperCrew with HDPP, but no longer available with Lariat trim after 2018 model year.
Someone else on this site has a Lariat HDPP with ~2500 pound payload
Taking all the fun away aren't you??
That was my factory payload I have added a B&W turn over ball, a Truxedo Sentry CT tonneau cover, bedrug bed mat, Max Liner floormats and I do carry some tools, so payload is probably reduced by 200 or so. Adding my Andersen Hitch to tow my trailer reduces my payload a further 35 pounds that still leaves me at about 2100 pounds for the trailer's pin, DW, me and the dog.
For the same money I'd buy a used F250 to pull the trailer and a car for when I didn't need a truck.
IMO 8000 lbs is the realistic limit for towing with a 1/2 ton truck regardless of what the charts say. You can certainly find 1/2 tons rated to pull 10,000+ so 8000 is certainly doable if you choose carefully. But in my experience by the time you find an F150 that will do it, for the same money or less a 3/4 ton does it better. I just don't see any downside to going with an F250 over an F150 set up to tow that much.
I have a 2018 HDPP I configured and paid within $500 bucks for the same trim and year F250 gasser.
My F150 HDPP is too big, too long, too wide, too tall ,too cumbersome, need too much room to pass, it can't handle the higher speed the engine produce, a low 105 mph limiter, and have poor stopping responses and handles just like a truck, I don't like traveling in it unless I'm towing with it, but I can at least tolerate driving it because at least it's fast...
but I needed a truck to tow my 8,400lbs dry, 37ft trailer.
I drive my truck as little as possible...1,400 miles since December, and have 13,600 miles on the odometer, and I got exactly what i expected in a truck.
And guess what, the largest F250 and heavier trucks would be much worse...too much truck!!
My HDPP handles and tow my trailer just fine, but the extra benefits a F250 have when towing, was just too great of a compromise when not towing.
A F350 limited diesel dually would be even
more of a compromise than the F250...even for the same price
08-27-2020, 05:48 PM
