General vehicle thread

I've got access to other's pop-ups. Neighbor just came home with one today actually.

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Originally Posted by Irving

I've got access to other's pop-ups. Neighbor just came home with one today actually.

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If you go pop up, i suggest a hard side unit. Those other ones are easy to cut in to for access of your personal items.

That's the last thing I'm worried about. That's the same as a tent. ANY trailer barely has more security than a tent anyway. The RV park owner where we had the big bumper pull was saying that just the wind will twist RV's out of square enough to pop the doors out of square.

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Originally Posted by brutal

Thing is, so many put taller tires on their trucks that have tall gears and then the towing performance sucks. Not so much an effect on diesels, but gas engines will struggle more.

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These are the same folks that often complain about poor mileage. [Coffee]

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Originally Posted by Bailey Guns

My F-250 is a 6.7L, SRW, 4x4, crew cab with a 3.31 rear end. Max conventional tow rating is 17,600 lbs, max 5th wheel is 14,000 lbs. The same truck with 3.55 rear end is rated exactly the same.

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Got a comp for a 1/2 ton?

As you'll see in these charts, max trailering generally goes up with the axle ratio:

https://www.ford.com/cmslibs/content...F150_Oct25.pdf

Sorry...not sure what you're asking.

If you're suggesting that a 1/2 ton is nearly as capable, I can't argue with that. But I didn't have the diesel option in a 1/2 ton when I bought my truck. And the bigger truck is just as fuel efficient, or very nearly so, as the 1/2 ton. And I like the bigger trucks. Always have preferred the heavy duty trucks over the 1/2 tons.

I was just sticking with the subject matter. Irving mentioned he was looking at the possibility of a 1500 and he rarely tows, so I didn't bring up the 3/4 ton trucks.

If you do tow a lot, then the bigger truck plus diesel is a no-brainer.

I gotcha. I was just agreeing with the post about rear ends not being so important in tow ratings in some trucks these days.

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Originally Posted by Bailey Guns

I gotcha. I was just agreeing with the post about rear ends not being so important in tow ratings in some trucks these days.

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I think a chunk of that is related to how robust the drive line and axle are. In the bigger trucks, it probably makes less of a difference.

I was thinking something like a Z71, but it looks like that package went away for a while. What replaced that, the LTZ?

Didn't some of the older square body Tahoes come with an E-locker in the rear from the factory?