I'm looking to add a truck to the company. Am I mistaken or are all these new half tons pulling ridiculous tow numbers?
The ford f150 have a higher tow rating than the Chevy 2500HD I'm looking at, what is going on here?
I want a stout truck so that my business can grow, but now wondering if a half ton will do the same thing I need it to.
I'm only looking at gassers, and I'll be towing a dump trailer and maybe putting a plow on some time down the road, but aside from the frame girth, it looks like these half tons these days can haul and tow the same or more than 3/4 ton gasser.
Well all fords are better than chevys
You can probably find a focus to out tow a Chevy !
You're NOT going to find plows to go on a half ton that you'll be happy with
No commercial manufacturer or dealer will install the plow you want on a half ton
But I think it has more to do with Liability and crash rating crap
And if they do it and something bad happens it can come back to them.
So with that being said, it doesn't mean you can't put a plow on a half ton , just not the one you want/are thinking about
OR you can install one yourself.
With modifications
If you look up YouTube there's a Ford raptor with a commercial boss v plow.
It's pretty sick
You'll need to put timbrens or similar (air bags?) up front or you'll get terrible plow sag.
My personal half ton rides soooo much better than my work one ton.
Come hell it highwater my next truck will be a half ton.
I looked really heavily into Nissan Titan
But when I saw the plows that they can put on one?
Super disappointed
I mean if you're going to plow 3-4" in a driveway ? Maybe it's ok.
Me?
I'm a supervisor so I don't plow all night
I pick up a missed windrow or corner
But when the stuff hits the fan, it's a back up plow truck and when 1" is on the ground abd the fleet didn't roll but the salt truck is on the way?
I've been known to plow three acres in an hour... so I need a real plow
Raptor costs too much money but I dig how they look/ride
I'll probably outfit an f150 to be a poor mans raptor and put a plow on it in the next 3-4 years.
At least that's my plan at this time
It will replace both my f350 and my Toyota Tundra.