Willpower1
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- First Name
- Will
- Joined
- Jan 5, 2021
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- Location
- South Carolina
- Vehicle(s)
- 2021 Mojave, 2021 Challenger Hellcat Widebody
- Occupation
- Physical Therapist
Gotcha bud. I put both payload and towing capacity to the test a number of times on that 350, so, firsthand experience with its ride both ways. The Mojave didn’t take its place for that purpose, it took its place for tax write off purposesSomething like an F350 has to ride horribly when empty because its engineered to drive safely when it has a relatively large amount of weight in it.
Look at it this way. The Gladiator weighs about 5000 lbs and has about a 1100 lb payload capacity.
The Ford F350 weighs roughly 7000 lbs and has between a 4500 and 7700 lb payload capacity.
So it weighs 40% more than a Gladiator but can carry between 4 and 7 TIMES as much as a gladiator.
That requires stiff springs and shocks that will ride terribly when its empty.
Even the F150 has a fraction of the capacity of the 350. Most common trims of the F150 have about a 2000 lb capacity. (All the ones with significantly more have either no second row of seats or RWD or some combination of similar stuff)
. Any heavy lifting is handled now by an old reliable ‘96 350 diesel. The opposite of what that ‘17 350 was, with, ironically, 17 ACTIVE RECALLS when we traded it. Modern Fords are hot garbage imo.Sponsored
