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Originally Posted by Ottawasteve
I do not claim to be an expert, but it does not take an expert to recognize when someone doesn't have a clue about what they are talking about. You don't have to be a pilot to recognize that someone has no idea how to fly a plane. I believe it is important that readers have accurate information about towing capabilities of particular vehicles and be able to consider the source of the statements so as not to be misled. I respect that everybody has different reasons for picking different brands of tow vehicles, but it is unacceptable that every time somebody mentions towing with an F150 (do a forum search on the subject) the same people attempt to scare them with false tales about their imaginary neighbor being sued and after putting their entire family in the hospital because they were towing with an F150 and they were constantly terrified white knuckling it with unclean shorts.
When I read your comments stating that you had the exact same F150 as mine and that "My F150 was rated for over 10000lbs and could barely hold itself together with a 5500lbs trailer." it was clear that you are full of it or do not know how to set up your tow rig. A 30 second forum search of your previous posts confirms both. My towing experience with my F150 is even better than yours was overloaded as I have a very stable SOLID tow experience although I do not have over a thousand pounds of passenger cargo like you:
Keep up the good work, every forum needs a resident troll. If you want to keep misleading people on the safety of towing with an F150, please start a new thread. Enjoy the additional repair visits with your Gas Ram 2500:
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I don't even know where to start with this, but suffice to say I have accepted the fact that I will likely be banned for this and I frankly don't care. Brand loyalists are killing forums and I haven't the time for it any longer.
You nitpicked a few posts of mine to prove what you see as a "point". My F150 was more stable at first- but it was heavily modified. What I meant (and clearly needed to spell out for you) was it was a gutless lump that could barely pull the hat off my head. The Ram 1500 would PULL circles around it, but the payload sucked and it too needed to be modified to handle the load- once that was done, it put the F150 to shame. I went to a 2500 that was a lemon. The dealership SWAPPED me into a BRAND NEW 2500 that has been flawless. The F150? 69000km and a blown engine. Not much of a showing for it, but I still am not going to sit there and trash somebody because they choose a Ford, GM, Ram or other. Who cares? Apparently you do, but I guess that's up to you.
The part I don't get is- why on EARTH did you feel the need to swoop in and start some inane diatribe about an F150? I never ONCE even mentioned brand. I didn't give a crap what brand. It was YOU that took exception to it and found the need to be the White Knight. Even after your ramblings of a lunatic, I said I didn't care what brand it was, yet you still would not let it go. In all of the forums I am part of, it is almost ALWAYS the Ford fanatics that cause threads to spiral out of control for some reason. Why is that? Why do you feel such a NEED to defend the brand you're driving? Does anyone really care at the end of the day?
Normally I take the good with the bad on forums but fanatical fanboys like you can drive a thread into the ground in a hell of a hurry. I am not a brand loyalist and I don't care what any man chooses to drive- that's their choice. I also don't give a crap if it says 1500 or 150 on the side, a half ton is a half ton. It has half ton brakes, a half ton frame, a half ton GVWR rating. Man, get it through your head that nobody, least of all me, cares what you drive. I have run this exact gauntlet with the half ton vs HD series and that is WHY I asked the question. For some reason you got your panties in a wad over it and now it has degenerated to this.
And I still have to question HOW this makes me a troll?
With that, I'm out.