re: 4x4 1/2 ton truck towing capacity bullshite and other truck bullshite

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3/4 ton gasoline trucks ain’t what you want. Pulling something heavy with 3/4 gas truck will get you about 1/3rd the fuel economy of a diesel

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My experience towing the same 35ft camper with gas and diesel 1 tons for long distances was about 8 to 11mpg. If he’s already paying gas prices with a 1/2 ton, and the price difference between a 1/2 and 3/4 ton isn’t much, it’s absolutely reasonable to pay only the minor increase in price for substantial improvements in comfort and safety towing with the heavier truck without paying an additional $10k for diesel, not to mention the costs to repair the diesel.

When you can replace an entire gas engine for less than a fuel system on the diesel, you have to specifically need or just want the diesel because it’s not necessarily going to be the economical choice.

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Over-used bullshite cliche

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I mean, you don’t. I can put the trailer brakes sensitive enough where the trailer will stop the truck. It’s also got a 430 rear end. I was looking test drove it and the 5.0 with a 10 speed, and the 5.7 was clearly better. Even going up hills, the truck doesn’t care about that weight. Now, 7k +, you can tell it’s back there, but mostly from suspension.

Just a thought…..we pull our travel trailer with a 2000 Ford Excursion 6.8L V10 4x2

10,000 lbs towing and I have rear air bags. Our camper is 8,000 dry so we probably over 10k. Flat ground is fine. Mountains are a no go but a 6k boat absolutely.

If your boat is 5500 look at an old Excursion for less than 10k and just use it to pull boat and mess around on weekends

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You can tow it, sure, but good luck stopping it.

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It's not about the GO, it's all about the WHOA.

Had a 2017 F-150 Ecoboost w Max Tow Package. Towing capacity was stated at a little over 12K pounds. What I discovered is that capacity is based on using a weight distribution hitch. Crawl under there and look at your receiver - it’ll have two towing max capacities. One without weight distribution hitch and one with.

Bought a $450 Curt WD hitch and it was night and day. Pulled a 20 foot trailer w my tractor at around 11,200 pounds total weight - no problem at all. Truck had an electric brake controller and trailer had electric brakes. Without the braking assist I would’ve had real problems trying to stop that load in a hurry.

Pulled tractor one time without WD hitch and it was damn near terrifying. Never got over 40 mph and had greatly reduced control of the vehicle.

Ah, I think the new style is decent looking, at least in black with the Pro4x style.

It’s very disappointing on fuel mileage. I was expecting better than 13/19 out of the diesel but it rides well and puts up with all my BS on hauling shite!

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Buying new is for suckers.

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This used to be the case. The used car market is so inflated now, your getting “suckered” even worse on them.

In Louisiana I witnessed a guy trading in his 3 year old Tundra for a new 22 Tundra (not sure why, I guess he was just an OT baller) the KBB trade in value was 4k more than he paid for his truck new.

There was also a story, I’ll see if I can find it, about a guy who was buying new, and flipping them because the used market is so inflated.

Only problem with new market is finding what you want.

Don’t buy a crew cab and keep it 2wd. That alone will maximize your towing capacity and payload.

You picked a bad time to realize you needed a new truck.

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Before you go spouting off, check out your numbers

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Your link says my Colorado has 7600 lb towing capacity. Though I'm pretty sure Chevy only has it rated at 7000. Kind of surprised though that its got comparable tow capacity to most trim levels on 1/2 ton trucks