F150 Towing
F150 Towing
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F150 Towing
The owners manual for my 1994 F150 Supercab 4X4 with a 5.0/5speed combo only rates the truck for 3100lbs towing. The auto is listed at 6800lbs. Apparently the weak link is the transmission. Is there an easy swap to a beefier manual transmission so I can increase the towing capacity?
ken
ken
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F150 Towing
if your looking to tow that 6800 pounds get a bigger truck
cause ive been in a manual f250hd pulling 6400lbs and its
quite the fight to stop that load or get it up a hill(had to
put it in 4wheel low first to make it up some hills.I would
not ride in a 150 attempting that same task.For the price
of swapping(swappings an old truck thing,new ones its
more like major surgery)a tranny that does not come in 150s
like the 6/5 you could buy an old truck that could do
the job with no mods.cause youll need to pull the engine
buy a new trans which isnt cheap,different clutch assembly,
a new rear too probaly cause of the different gears in the
6/5, on top of that you have to pay a mechanic x amount
for atleast a good 10 hours of work. one thing about ford
tow ratings they are almost to much for the trucks to
handle.eg, i towed a 13000lb trailer with a 350SD power stroke
(says it can tow 14000) but the load almost towed me!!into
the ditch when i tried to stop a couple of times.any ways thats
my point of view....
a chev can pass anything except a garage!
Fe power
cause ive been in a manual f250hd pulling 6400lbs and its
quite the fight to stop that load or get it up a hill(had to
put it in 4wheel low first to make it up some hills.I would
not ride in a 150 attempting that same task.For the price
of swapping(swappings an old truck thing,new ones its
more like major surgery)a tranny that does not come in 150s
like the 6/5 you could buy an old truck that could do
the job with no mods.cause youll need to pull the engine
buy a new trans which isnt cheap,different clutch assembly,
a new rear too probaly cause of the different gears in the
6/5, on top of that you have to pay a mechanic x amount
for atleast a good 10 hours of work. one thing about ford
tow ratings they are almost to much for the trucks to
handle.eg, i towed a 13000lb trailer with a 350SD power stroke
(says it can tow 14000) but the load almost towed me!!into
the ditch when i tried to stop a couple of times.any ways thats
my point of view....
a chev can pass anything except a garage!
Fe power
