smokin150
aka Diesel Weasel
As said before - it's still an F-150, so I wouldn't pull more than about 5000lb with it.
At the end of the day it's about safety - mainly is the truck strong enough and heavy enough to stop the trailer and keep things controlled under worse case conditions. Sure you can tow 30000 with a F-250. But can you stop it?? With no trailer brakes?? (cause trailer brakes are not fail safe and will randomly stop working when you least expect it)
I daily run around pulling more than 5k with the f150. And as to the brakes, I have done a heavy duty 4piston caliper and matching rotors on the front, and converted the rear drums to dual piston disk. I'm in the process or engineering air brakes for this truck. Living in wv I can request from DMV and dot an inspection to allow for veh modification. It gets a special door tag and is marked modified.
I do appriciate the input, I was looking for answers and again this forum has answered them... y'all keep up the great work. We need to keep this site alive