Truck Tow Rating Standards

lawn psycho · 06-29-2012, 09:37 AM

After doing some reading on truck tow ratings, I just found out that a new standard was created a couple years ago, SAE J2807 that is supposed to normalize the ratings across manufacturers.

As has been said many times, in most practical situations you realistically could only use 70-80% of the manufacturers tow ratinsg and still have a decent handling vehicle. This proves it.

Example: My 2009 F-150 super crew was rated at 11,300 pouunds of towing. The F-150 today with a more powerful engine is rated at 10000 pounds. And ALL the manufacturers played loose with how they came up with their tow rating.

Here's a good article I found that explains it:

http://www.automobilemag.com/feature...ss_sniff_test/

06-29-2012, 09:37 AM	#1
lawn psycho Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: On the move... Posts: 987 Thanks: 113 Thanked 248 Times in 133 Posts	Truck Tow Rating Standards After doing some reading on truck tow ratings, I just found out that a new standard was created a couple years ago, SAE J2807 that is supposed to normalize the ratings across manufacturers. As has been said many times, in most practical situations you realistically could only use 70-80% of the manufacturers tow ratinsg and still have a decent handling vehicle. This proves it. Example: My 2009 F-150 super crew was rated at 11,300 pouunds of towing. The F-150 today with a more powerful engine is rated at 10000 pounds. And ALL the manufacturers played loose with how they came up with their tow rating. Here's a good article I found that explains it: http://www.automobilemag.com/feature...ss_sniff_test/

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