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Mountain Pass
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what did they do to the truck that would allow it to safely tow that much more? It would have to be some really significant changes.
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Laughing Gas
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Conventional towing on the 2022 7.3 gas with 4.30's DRW has gone up 1500 lb's to 21,600 lbs for the 23 model.
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I wonder what they did other than readjust some numbers on paper and add a new sticker on the door?
My truck comparison.
'21' 7.3 3.73 GVRW 23,500#, bumper tow 15,000#, 5th 16,300#
'23' 7.3 3.73 GVWR 25,200#, bumper tow 17,900#, 5th 17,600#
Ford must of watched some of the over weight towing You Tube videos for the 7.3 Godzilla.
My truck comparison.
'21' 7.3 3.73 GVRW 23,500#, bumper tow 15,000#, 5th 16,300#
'23' 7.3 3.73 GVWR 25,200#, bumper tow 17,900#, 5th 17,600#
Ford must of watched some of the over weight towing You Tube videos for the 7.3 Godzilla.
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"get people killed' ... sigh.... Do you have some data that shows the trucks can not haul that much safely?
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Bumper pull on the srw 350 7.3 was 15k pretty much across the board last year. Limited by the hitch itself. All they had to do to increase the tow capacity was fit a more substantial hitch 3" vs 2.5" receiver.
"get people killed' ... sigh.... Do you have some data that shows the trucks can not haul that much safely?
"get people killed' ... sigh.... Do you have some data that shows the trucks can not haul that much safely?
What you say could very well be it, if that was done. Was it? Are all 23 trucks now a 3” receiver?
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Wow the HO 6.7 gains 100 pounds towing on the F-250! Frankly not worth the extra cost if thats all you get, unless trying to make up for other short comings. Looks like a boost of 3900 pounds for the CC 4x4 models though for the 350 SRW, but no difference for the DRW. For the SRW the HO seems like a good option, but not for the DRW, no gains at all, actually loses 100 pounds.
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I figured as much. So what changed to allow the increase of nearly 3k pounds over last year? Very interesting stuff.