In the early 90`s I pulled my stock car on an open trailer with a white 1979 F150 with a straight 6 two on the tree (blew second gear, rev till it won`t go anymore in first and shift to third)

was the truck red by any chance ?

Backing the early 80s We had a old 1968 C-30 Dumptruck we hauled corn with during harvest, 327 with a dead cylinder, one 30mile round trip per a quart of oil.
Only saving grace was the splitter on the four speed, and brakes were something that were only halfway useful if you were empty.

Damn fact checkers. Lol.

Beaten like a redheaded stepchild.😁

This thread should be locked down until these Tall Tales of Trailer Towing are reviewed and verified by the Ministry of Truth.

Careful, once they review it they'll probably send you a retroactive EPA fine.

Well don't sell yourself short.

Wanted to let y’all know this post wasn’t in vain.

Installed some RC airbags over the weekend and had the chance to test them out yesterday. At 60psi the bed is completely level and really pulls like a different truck when towing.

I’d recommend them to anyone towing with a half ton, regardless of boat size/weight.

FYI - the Rough Country instructions are a throw away. My wife walked into the garage about 4 hours in and said “so that’s how it’s going” 😂

Damn U Bolts were cross threaded out of the gate, fittings leaked, bolts that were too short. A typical 1-2 hour job lol

I drive an '05 Excursion most of the time. I pull my skidsteer, mini ex, and dump trailer quite a bit. I also have a Boss V plow and move quite a bit of snow on our properties every winter. I cannot even tell that my 28 Skater is following me, so that is not much of an issue.

Today I found out the needle bearings were found in the low pressure oil pump and the 6.0 "bulletproofed" Powerstroke engine may be junk. A zero mile rebuilt is about $9,000 installed. The truck is about worthless without it. I look at it as 18 months with a $500 payment. Past 18 months, I am back in the good. Truck and body is in great shape with about 225k miles on it.

After owning it for 60,000 miles over the past 4 years I can certainly say that it is way more expensive to maintain. Hell, even an oil change is expensive! Not loaded I will get about 18 mpg, BUT, with diesel being a third more in cost than gas, that would be equal to 12 mpg in a gasser.

I like my Excursion allot, so I am going to do it, but damn it hurts!