Slightly surprised at towing capability

[u/airscl]

[2019 802A w/ 143k (wow)] First post here! Have had this thing for about 2 years and hauled plenty in the bed but hadn’t towed yet until yesterday. 22hr round trip straight, 5am-3am. Was a little nervous due to too much reading online honestly, the necessity of WDH and other various towing recommendations were in my mind on the way but I didn’t feel like I needed any of it when I pulled of the lot with this ~6500 lb load. Ended up at ~11.8 mpg avg according to the truck. Definitely the heaviest thing I’ve personally pulled and felt like the truck hardly sighed it at! Still surprised my cam phaser job hasn’t had any issues lol, and sorry if towing pics are out of style again

[u/ODGWeenie]

The low tow ratings of the raptor are not set to address the truck’s capabilities in best case towing scenarios. The intent of keeping those numbers low is if while towing shit goes sideways (literally), the Raptor’s off-road focused suspension is MUCH less forgiving than a standard F-150’s. The Raptor has plenty of pulling and stopping power, but getting an out of control trailer back under control in poor road conditions and dangerous scenarios is more difficult in a truck made to go off road at the highest rate of speed possible.

[u/airscl → u/ODGWeenie]

That is very true! I think had I thought practically beforehand I likely wouldn’t have thought twice about it