New tow vehicle questions - Event Date: 31 Oct 2018 - 10 Nov 2018

Both were strong trucks. The F-150 had a really nasty habit of cutting out under light throttle. It was only two years old when I bought it (off the Honda used lot). I took it to Ford several times and had the injectors flushed, but they could never find a definitive problem because no codes came up on the computer diagnostic. (If I had my '67 Alaskan camper loaded it wouldn't be as noticeable because a heavily throttle was needed to move the camper, but if it was empty it was maddening!)

Anyone else ever have that problem with the '91 I6? I replaced the truck with the F-350 when my son was born because we outgrew the regular cab F-150.

My ex wife had a really dry sense of humor and when we would take the F-350 to get the fluids changed she would look at the tech upon completion and ask, 'Why do the fluids in those big tanks in the back run out so fast?'

The mechanic would pause for a second and then smile when it dawned on him that she was joking. "That's because you have a 460!', he would say.

That's true. That tongue weight can really sneak up on you. Perhaps it should be standard practice to weigh each of the axles. I know a lot of people going in tend to focus on the empty weight, and we find out later about what a low-ball number that is.

I, for one, am happy that we did a bit of overkill with our F-150. I think our maximum tongue weight is in the neighborhood of 1100 lbs, and tongue weight is something I don't have to worry about (too much).

The good news is that a wdh effectively deals with the tongue weight issue as long as its not too crazy. But that moves the limiting factor to the trailer axle, and that's another area I have a bone to pick on with the trailer manufacturers.