Let's don't argue the exact numbers, just the tone of the advertisement. Ford is running a towing advertisement for their new F-350 Superduty. Praising their new towing in dash gismo that helps them control trailer brakes. It shows an F-350 with a trailer of 19,500# in a mountain pass coming to a safe stop in front of a road work crew. I am sure the big new 350 is all it should be. That is not the question.

It has always been my understanding that the advertised capacity of any towing truck (Dodge, Ford, GM, etc.) (GCVW) was weight of truck, trailer and all cargo. Most 2500/3500/250/350 trucks now have about 10ton GCVWs.

Ford in their ad states in a human voice the trailer the 350 is towing is 19,500#s. What gives?

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I dont pay too much attention to that comercial anyway. I believe all they are doing is blinging the integrated trailer brake module, which doesnt help one bit if your trailer doesnt have trailer brakes

 

nah the 2500 ram has a gvw of 23000 lbs. subtract the weight of the truck and you get your tow weight

 

hmm...sounds interesting. They probably used a Ram 3500 to get it rolling and then started filming the commercial. They only showed you the truck stopping, not accelerating. I doubt the ford could pull that much, just make it stop.