IdaD
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It'll probably be a pretty good EV for most buyers. There are lots of towing tests going on because it's new and Ford is pimping the tow capabilities, but in reality very few people are going to buy it with the intention of towing more than a utility trailer down to the home center and back. Kind of how most half tons are used, frankly.
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Actually, most 1/2 tons are used just as a mode of transportation and tow nothing in their lifespan.
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Lwiddis
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“Actually, most 1/2 tons are used just as a mode of transportation and tow nothing in their lifespan…”
So? And the campgrounds I visit and the highways I drive have lots of half tons towing. Some should have more truck but that’s what I see. All the Tahoes and Expeditions and most Suburbans (almost never see a 3/4 these days) are half tons and they are towing.
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womps wrote:Actually, most 1/2 tons are used just as a mode of transportation and tow nothing in their lifespan.
That is true, but having the ability to tow if want is important. The difference is with these EV's at the distance they can go between charges when towing, you are really limited verse an ICE. Some may see value in their current ability but when weighing what they can and cant do well, I am not sure there is enough justification for one yet.
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schlep1967
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Just can't wait for the day when six of these trucks pull into the campground and all plug in on one leg/spur of electric supply. All of the campers that lose their A/C because the EV's killed the electric.....just might cause an uprising.
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They admit the F150 Lightning range is not the best when towing 10,000 lbs.
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way2roll
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Lwiddis wrote:“Actually, most 1/2 tons are used just as a mode of transportation and tow nothing in their lifespan…”
So? And the campgrounds I visit and the highways I drive have lots of half tons towing. Some should have more truck but that’s what I see. All the Tahoes and Expeditions and most Suburbans (almost never see a 3/4 these days) are half tons and they are towing.
You're looking at a skewed population. Most people don't camp, so all those folks with F150's that aren't camping or towing, aren't there to be counted in your analysis. Despite camping growing in popularity, we're still a minority. Only 9% of the US population owns an RV. And of those a smaller percentage own an RV that's towed with an F150.
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way2roll
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Ford knows their towing is abysmal. They don't care, because people that buy them also know it and don't care. That's not what the majority of F150 buyers -especially EV lightings buy them for. They're sold out, I hardly consider that a failure.
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schlep1967 wrote:Just can't wait for the day when six of these trucks pull into the campground and all plug in on one leg/spur of electric supply. All of the campers that lose their A/C because the EV's killed the electric.....just might cause an uprising.
I don’t know. Most (if not all) campgrounds we have stayed at with our EV RV combo just have the “plug one thing in at a time” policy. It would depend on the unit of course but the load from the EV charging wouldn’t be that much more than some of the big RV’s out there. Many of us only rent 30 amp sites to begin with because that’s what our trailers use.
And if they are there multiple days they would only be plugged in for the first 12 hours or so.
I don’t think it will be a big deal. There will be some adaptation and rule amendments but that’s already happening. But campgrounds will want to provide amenities that customers want. Those that do will be successful. Those that don’t will get tagged and fade away. Kinda how the service industry works.
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womps wrote:Actually, most 1/2 tons are used just as a mode of transportation and tow nothing in their lifespan.
As are a lot of vehicles - used far less than what they are capable of such as my Jeep. Daily driver, toad. May at some point in time be used to follow a dirt road out west through a park. I’d hate to shell out $80-120k for a vehicle to tow a fiver or TT and be so limited in hauling.
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