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there somewhere official disclosures about the official towing capacity for a Ford F100 with a 360 motor and a C6 transmission? I need this for the german registration. They only accept values that specified by the manufacturer. Where can i get authentic information?
It´s a LWB bump.
I don't know that there is an official number. I know we've talked about this before around here and nobody could seemingly come up with an official number from ford. Although the general consensus was somewhere around 3500lbs.
Personally, I will pull anything under 8,000lbs with mine. More than that and things get start to get squirrelly.
GVWR means "gross vehicle weight rating".... the gross weight of a vehicle with passengers, laden cargo, fluids, accessories, etc.
What you need to find is GCVWR.... gross combined vehicle weight rating. That is the GVWR plus the trailer and its load which is dependent on the tongue weight, the trailer weight, and weight rating of the trailer's axle(s).
I recently came across a web page with quite a bit of information about the 1969 model year f-series. Link is below. I read through most of the documents on this page and I definitely remember seeing GCVWR mentioned in a couple places. It might have been in one of the salesman's brochures or something. Either way, everything on that page seems to be official Ford literature.
I recently came across a web page with quite a bit of information about the 1969 model year f-series. Link is below. I read through most of the documents on this page and I definitely remember seeing GCVWR mentioned in a couple places. It might have been in one of the salesman's brochures or something. Either way, everything on that page seems to be official Ford literature.
The literature, including that shown above, refers to "payload" but no reference to towing.
Towing is rated based on the hitch type, whether it is weight transferring equipment, tow ball size, whether it has electrical brakes, number of trailer axle(s), weight rating of the trailer axle(s), yada - yada - yada. I suggest coordinating with manufacturer of whatever hitch you have installed and get them to evaluate your system and planned use.
One thing is that you have to understand the German authority mindset of which I am familiar with after having been stationed there for 5 years. They are more like Kalifornia than California. If it wasn't put on by Ford originally, then it doesn't exist. That is why Dirk needs something from the factory showing that it can tow a certain amount. Ford seems to have equated towing a trailer with the use of a car, and trucks carried campers during the Bump era, so there is a lack of info from Ford until the start of RVing in the middle '70's.
One thing is that you have to understand the German authority mindset of which I am familiar with after having been stationed there for 5 years. They are more like Kalifornia than California. If it wasn't put on by Ford originally, then it doesn't exist. That is why Dirk needs something from the factory showing that it can tow a certain amount. Ford seems to have equated towing a trailer with the use of a car, and trucks carried campers during the Bump era, so there is a lack of info from Ford until the start of RVing in the middle '70's.
Khalifornia has also been referred to as "Dumb****istan"
That's kinda like the experience I've had with the MVD around here When I was re-registering my truck. after sitting around for 18 years it has fallen off the system and they had no record of it. They thought I was trying to pull one over on them when I gave them the 11 digit vin number. The gal behind the desk was like "you're missing 6 numbers." And I said "no that's the complete vin"
"that can't be, all vehicles have a 17 digit vin, you need to go find the other 6"
" no, they don't, and this one is only 11."
"If it's only 11 then it must have been altered and it's invalid, we will have to inspect it as a wreck and assign a new vin number"
It was at this point I started gettin mad...
"Listen, you obviously don't know about this. I want to talk to your supervisor."
"Sir I've been doing this for 12 years, I think..."
I cut her off right there...
"I don't give a damn how long you've been doing this, you've obviously never had to deal with this issue before and there is no way in hell that you are going to title my truck as a wreck. Now get me the boss or I'll get him myself!"
Long story short, boss came around and fixed the problem, and apologized for my poor experience with his desk clerk. I thanked him for solving the problem and suggested she be informed of the difference, so she may appropriately help the next person with an older vehicle.
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I hope to find an inspector who goes with experience on the matter. 5000 lbs towing capacity will be enough for me.
