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Originally Posted by Northofu1
I was looking on the Ford website and they are advertising that the f150's with the 3.5 eco boost has a payload of 3300# (Approx) and a total towing capacity of 13,500#
Is this really what they can handle or are they making the truck too light to handle that kind of load?
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All of the truck manufacturers play games with their published stats. Ford is by far the worst IMO. Average truck buyers are not going to get a truck with their maximum towing capacities in every category unless they do LOTS of shopping and more than likely end up with a truck that doesn't fulfill their needs. As for your question:
https://www.fleet.ford.com/resources...ide_Sep28r.pdf
Read the red comments on pages 18/19. These are placed there as a warning but most disregard them - they like those big numbers on the brochure whether they apply to them specifically or not. Those max numbers they advertise are there, but, look at the truck that offers them and the trim level.
Then look at the option package that allows those numbers.
http://www.diehlford.com/images/pdf/...ides/f-150.pdf
Look at page 5 for option 53c and note what is included. You can also see what other equipment is included on page 16 of the previous post.
If you will notice even on the HD towing package there is nothing mentioned about "same springs as a 250", "heavier frame than regular F 150s" etc. etc. It tells you exactly what is there....from Ford.
Bottom line is that they give you big numbers because they have artificially juiced up the 3.5L V6 with twin turbos and optimistic numbers (I have made a previous post of one of the 3.5 turbo dyno results). They use those juiced up numbers to give you "juiced up" guidelines for towing which many will believe instead of doing their due diligence. In the end you have a 1/2 ton truck with a stiffer sway bar and some towing conveniences with inflated towing numbers that will get a person in over their head with a large trailer simply because the truck is not made to pull that big of a trailer....as has been verified by several posts on this and other forums.