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anyone pull their car with an F150?
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<blockquote data-quote="L8APEX" data-source="post: 11030277" data-attributes="member: 51947"><p>I had an unfair advantage using a lightning, being it has lots of super duty parts (ie brakes, 4r100 ect.) And forced induction to offset the altitude. It was not a car but I've towed enclosed tandem axel trailers loaded with a ton of furniture (couches beds), fridge, washer, dryer, grill, smoker, weight set, mower etc. It was at least 3500 lbs ontop of the trailer's weight (and it was big and it was full). The trailer seemed about 2to 3 times the length of my truck and twice as tall. It would not fit in the driveway, too long. I had some suspension mods on the lightning (cal-tracs) so I adjusted to preload/stiffen the rear a bit more (just in case) and had virtualy no dip in the rear. This was towed from Wichita, KS (1320FT ASL) to west of Denver, CO (5280ft+) and back, a 1,100 mile trip. There were no problems, gas mileage suffered but not too badly it was about 13mpg overall heavy and a mpg or so better light ( the aerodynamic drag was worse than the weight for my mpg) doing 75-80 most of the way. The 82 F-100 (302ci) probably could have done it, it has done large loads in the past, but the hitch is in the bumper, limiting trailer weight, and most of it is manual... specificly the manual brakes. Plus she is nearly 30 years old, it would work every 120 some odd horses and that 3 speed manual much harder than I'd like. Besides the Lightning is just like the buddy who helps you move all your heavy crap without even breaking a sweat, he just asks you buy him a crapload of expensive beer in Exchange. Lol</p><p></p><p>Check the brakes (and fluid), tire pressures, and other fuids (especially transmission) and if they are in good shape about any modern fullsize truck should do fine pulling a car on an open trailer.</p><p> [ATTACH=full]229924[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="L8APEX, post: 11030277, member: 51947"] I had an unfair advantage using a lightning, being it has lots of super duty parts (ie brakes, 4r100 ect.) And forced induction to offset the altitude. It was not a car but I've towed enclosed tandem axel trailers loaded with a ton of furniture (couches beds), fridge, washer, dryer, grill, smoker, weight set, mower etc. It was at least 3500 lbs ontop of the trailer's weight (and it was big and it was full). The trailer seemed about 2to 3 times the length of my truck and twice as tall. It would not fit in the driveway, too long. I had some suspension mods on the lightning (cal-tracs) so I adjusted to preload/stiffen the rear a bit more (just in case) and had virtualy no dip in the rear. This was towed from Wichita, KS (1320FT ASL) to west of Denver, CO (5280ft+) and back, a 1,100 mile trip. There were no problems, gas mileage suffered but not too badly it was about 13mpg overall heavy and a mpg or so better light ( the aerodynamic drag was worse than the weight for my mpg) doing 75-80 most of the way. The 82 F-100 (302ci) probably could have done it, it has done large loads in the past, but the hitch is in the bumper, limiting trailer weight, and most of it is manual... specificly the manual brakes. Plus she is nearly 30 years old, it would work every 120 some odd horses and that 3 speed manual much harder than I'd like. Besides the Lightning is just like the buddy who helps you move all your heavy crap without even breaking a sweat, he just asks you buy him a crapload of expensive beer in Exchange. Lol Check the brakes (and fluid), tire pressures, and other fuids (especially transmission) and if they are in good shape about any modern fullsize truck should do fine pulling a car on an open trailer. [ATTACH=full]229924[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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