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My bossmans been having me do a bit of towing here recently. Repo'ing random vehicles that havent paid their notes off, moving heavy equipment, so on and so on. It got me thinkin... exactly what is the "official" towing capacity of the Bronco? I realize its basically a 1/2 ton F150, just shorter (and a helluva lot prettier), but what is the official rating from Ford?
On the side, for those of you that tow things on a regular basis, whats the heaviest weight you've towed at highway speed successfully? For me, its been 10,230 for 53 miles @ 45-50mph. Stopping wasnt fun, nor was getting started, but my perky 302 seemed to have no serious issues keeping it moving. Combination GVW was 14,940 according to the scales at the local truck stop.
Basically, the bossman wants me to relocate one of his larger pieces of equipment to a site about 40 miles away. Now, assuming a perfectly balanced trailer (with no serious weight on the hook, all centered on the axles), and the Bronco being in top mechanical condition, would there be any real issues with moving this item on its bigass trailer with a gross weight of near 14k? I believe its 14,560 to be exact. 14560 and the just under 5k that my Bronco weighs would put me awfully close to 20k#. I'm not liking that number at all.
I know there are some of you other guys that have done similar..pretty much I just dont want to twist the tranny right out of the truck. I already know I'm on the short path to needing a new tranny, new engine, and brakes but thats beside the point.. so what say you all?
On the side, for those of you that tow things on a regular basis, whats the heaviest weight you've towed at highway speed successfully? For me, its been 10,230 for 53 miles @ 45-50mph. Stopping wasnt fun, nor was getting started, but my perky 302 seemed to have no serious issues keeping it moving. Combination GVW was 14,940 according to the scales at the local truck stop.
Basically, the bossman wants me to relocate one of his larger pieces of equipment to a site about 40 miles away. Now, assuming a perfectly balanced trailer (with no serious weight on the hook, all centered on the axles), and the Bronco being in top mechanical condition, would there be any real issues with moving this item on its bigass trailer with a gross weight of near 14k? I believe its 14,560 to be exact. 14560 and the just under 5k that my Bronco weighs would put me awfully close to 20k#. I'm not liking that number at all.
I know there are some of you other guys that have done similar..pretty much I just dont want to twist the tranny right out of the truck. I already know I'm on the short path to needing a new tranny, new engine, and brakes but thats beside the point.. so what say you all?