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It seems Ford's tow ratings are a little bit murky.
I was surprised to see the 18.2k sticker on the hitch on my '22 when on the Ford website it shows 15k.
I'm not complaining...
The rating on the sticker is for the hitch itself not the tow rating for the truck.
If I’m gonna tow 15k or more, it’s not gonna be with a bumper-pull. I’ll go buy a GN trailer for that.
Some of you construction guys can’t really help that though…but those big trailers have been towed for decades with lesser hitches just fine.
So I guess these numbers from my 2017 F250 will really shake things up. The numbers listed are what Ford certified the equipment at. The trucks will always have some ability above and beyond that.
2100# of tongue weight for a truck with 2355# of payload. Just hang it all on the rear bumper I guess.
so my 2019 f-450 has this sticker...20K gross trailer weight and 2100 tonged weight.
I have no problems going with these numbers...but
havent seen any hitches that match this receiver rating
Please post the details of your truck, such as year, model, presence of high capacity tow package, etc, so that interested members can put the receiver hitch label you posted upthread, which has the highest ratings reported in this thread, into perspective with year, model, and option availability.
Please also post the wrench size to the bolts attaching your hitch, and your address, so I can come pick it up one of these nights.
It is nice that new Ford Super Duty owners no longer have to differentiate between "Weight Carrying" versus "Weight Distributing" hitch ratings.
So I guess these numbers from my 2017 F250 will really shake things up. The numbers listed are what Ford certified the equipment at. The trucks will always have some ability above and beyond that.
2100# of tongue weight for a truck with 2355# of payload. Just hang it all on the rear bumper I guess.
You probably got one of the oddball 2017 f250s with the 3 inch hitch?
One thing is for certain on the Alumiduty is that I haven’t seen a situation where a SRW truck has a hitch rated for less than the online tow guide recommends as max for it. That was a persistent pain in the *** prior across all makes.
if I read this right, any trailer over 10k lbs that is bumper pulled requires higher class DL ? I’ve never heard of that
There is a lot more to it than this. It varies by state. In Missouri you only need a CDL if you tow commercially. I don't want to open that can of worms here though because it's been done many times in other threads.
@Frank79 , based on your profile indicating you are from Florida, the following info is found in the Florida Driver's Handbook:
yes I am in Florida. I do tow a trailer for my business. Occasionally the trailer will weigh > 10k pounds.
but Christ, I had no idea on what you posted.
yes I am in Florida. I do tow a trailer for my business. Occasionally the trailer will weigh > 10k pounds.
but Christ, I had no idea on what you posted.
The same applies here in CA. The dump trailers most of the contractor's I know use, have a GVWR of just under 10k to avoid this. Like 9999. What is the GVWR of the trailer you use?
