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Saturday, April 7, 2012 7:58:47 PM
Ford advertises a tow rating of 11, 000 pounds and Toyota promotes a tow rating of 10, 800. The F-150 has a Gross Combined Weight Rating (GCWR) with 15, 800 pounds and the Tundra carries a GCWR of 16, 000 pounds. It's interesting that Toyota has the higher horsepower, torque together with GCWR, but a lower tow rating!
Let's look at an easy formula used to determine vehicle pull ratings. The GCWR is the maximum permissible weight with the fully loaded vehicle and the entirely loaded trailer combined. So if we take the GCWR minus the vehicle curb weight (the actual weight in the truck, less passengers and cargo) we realize how much weight the truck might tow. In our example we use the vehicle curb weight listed by way of the vehicle manufacturer.
The Toyota Tundra has a GCWR of 16, 000 minus your curb weight of 5, 200 = 10, 500 pounds, which is the advertised tow rating in the Tundra in our example.
When a manufacturer determines a tow rating via cloture . based on an empty vehicle, without many options, and the weight of the drivers. Most weights used for the driver are listed at 150 pounds. I believe the last time I weighed 150 pounds was sometime in junior high school graduation. Here's how this tow thing does work. You want to buy an F-150 to help tow a Recreation Vehicle. For starters you will want supercab so there is room for the family. And of course you wouldn't get caught dead without four wheel generate, and it has to be a short wheelbase model. Next on the checklist, you want something that has decent fuel economy because you will be using it to drive to work when you're not towing the trailer. So you compromise and go which includes a 4. 6 Liter V-8 with some sort of 3. 55: 1 axle ratio. Out of those 56 configurations involving F-150 trucks you now have one to choose from. That's right, one model meets your criteria and the tow rating of your new F-150 is 6, 000 pounds, not 11, 000.
This takes us into the empty truck with a taxi driver who weighs 150 pounds. Let's glance at the real world again. You have a wife and two children whose mixed weight is 330 pounds, being traditional. The additional options you want on your truck like the bed liner, sweep guard and side steps added 150 pounds, again being conservative. Now, do you plan to put anything in the rear of the truck when you go hiking? Well it's a good place for any bikes and lawn chairs, and don't ignore your tool box. Since we have been conservative up to now we'll just add another 130 lbs for cargo. And the difference between your actual weight and the 150 smack driver is, let's say 40 pounds which in my case is still on the traditional side. Now let's do the math concepts. A 6, 000 pound tow score minus 650 pounds of added pounds equals a 5, 350 pound pull rating. You see, everything you add-on, or load in to the truck takes that same amount away from the vehicles tow rating.
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Let's look at an easy formula used to determine vehicle pull ratings. The GCWR is the maximum permissible weight with the fully loaded vehicle and the entirely loaded trailer combined. So if we take the GCWR minus the vehicle curb weight (the actual weight in the truck, less passengers and cargo) we realize how much weight the truck might tow. In our example we use the vehicle curb weight listed by way of the vehicle manufacturer.
The Toyota Tundra has a GCWR of 16, 000 minus your curb weight of 5, 200 = 10, 500 pounds, which is the advertised tow rating in the Tundra in our example.
When a manufacturer determines a tow rating via cloture . based on an empty vehicle, without many options, and the weight of the drivers. Most weights used for the driver are listed at 150 pounds. I believe the last time I weighed 150 pounds was sometime in junior high school graduation. Here's how this tow thing does work. You want to buy an F-150 to help tow a Recreation Vehicle. For starters you will want supercab so there is room for the family. And of course you wouldn't get caught dead without four wheel generate, and it has to be a short wheelbase model. Next on the checklist, you want something that has decent fuel economy because you will be using it to drive to work when you're not towing the trailer. So you compromise and go which includes a 4. 6 Liter V-8 with some sort of 3. 55: 1 axle ratio. Out of those 56 configurations involving F-150 trucks you now have one to choose from. That's right, one model meets your criteria and the tow rating of your new F-150 is 6, 000 pounds, not 11, 000.
This takes us into the empty truck with a taxi driver who weighs 150 pounds. Let's glance at the real world again. You have a wife and two children whose mixed weight is 330 pounds, being traditional. The additional options you want on your truck like the bed liner, sweep guard and side steps added 150 pounds, again being conservative. Now, do you plan to put anything in the rear of the truck when you go hiking? Well it's a good place for any bikes and lawn chairs, and don't ignore your tool box. Since we have been conservative up to now we'll just add another 130 lbs for cargo. And the difference between your actual weight and the 150 smack driver is, let's say 40 pounds which in my case is still on the traditional side. Now let's do the math concepts. A 6, 000 pound tow score minus 650 pounds of added pounds equals a 5, 350 pound pull rating. You see, everything you add-on, or load in to the truck takes that same amount away from the vehicles tow rating.
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