can i pull a jon boat with my v6
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No sweat man, you won't even know it's back there. I regularly tow a 16 ft. aluminum boat and I can barely tell it's back there. However, this could all be different based on how your truck is set up. With that said, what tranny do you have? AT\MT? What gears do you have? Size tires?
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i mud race and i pull a 18foot car trailor with a 1ton chevy big block chevy 42inch tires and full of mud ...really really heavy...and both of my 08 f150 4.2 and 02 f150 4.2 pulls great pulls better than 05 chevy 4x4 5.3......pulled case bachoe 40 miles....wouldnt reccomend it but my f350 was broke down so i just hooked on and went...did fine..
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nah man you'll be fine. buddy of mine has a 2001 4.2 single cab 5speed and he pulls his 23' boat like its nothin.
he had a chevrolet before this truck and hey was surprised when he could pull the boat so easily (stoppings a problem he has drums) and i said yea get use to it, thats what fords are good for
he had a chevrolet before this truck and hey was surprised when he could pull the boat so easily (stoppings a problem he has drums) and i said yea get use to it, thats what fords are good for
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nah man you'll be fine. buddy of mine has a 2001 4.2 single cab 5speed and he pulls his 23' boat like its nothin.
he had a chevrolet before this truck and hey was surprised when he could pull the boat so easily (stoppings a problem he has drums) and i said yea get use to it, thats what fords are good for
he had a chevrolet before this truck and hey was surprised when he could pull the boat so easily (stoppings a problem he has drums) and i said yea get use to it, thats what fords are good for
First things first... having that nifty 5.4l V8 under the hood for example is great for getting that heavy load up to speed or to pass ManualF150 pulling his trailer following the designated speed limit because he is doing the speed limit and it is apparently too slow for the person in the 5.4. BUT what about stopping that load? That's what people don't realize.
I've towed ~3000 to 4000 lbs with my '07... even with those discs, it takes a longgggg time to stop a wimpy trailer. I can only imagine 5000-6000 lbs on an F150, plus a super cab or crew cab, and the weight of a bigger engine. Plus the fact that the automatic doesn't downshift automatically.
Yet I see people with Tundras, F150s, 1500s with these huge trailers, v8's, passing people like there is no tomorrow, riding people's bumpers, etc. They then wonder why they eat through brake pads, or rear end people, or better yet loose control.