New Tow Rig

[surfdude]

Seems to do fine, I wanted it to go past the widths of the tires. The bar is stainless. The flaps at off a agsheild sprayer. My gas mileage might be effected but my last boat and trailer didn’t have hardly any rock chips. Maybe 1 or 2 on the trailer. Because of the New raptor’s exhaust, nobody that I found makes one to fit it.

[DAI]

Towed with the Raptor for the first time this morning.  Towed much better than I was expecting.  Slower speed was a little bouncy (30 mph or less).  But at 35 mph and above, the ride felt better than my Platinum.  I think the live shocks stiffen up the faster I go, limiting the bounce.  

Very happy with the change!

[surfdude]

Dude! I don’t get live shocks till December!

[DAI]

17 minutes ago, surfdude said:

Dude! I don’t get live shocks till December!

Why do you have to wait until December?  Aftermarket upgrade?

[surfdude]

Company truck, no putting my coin in! I get a new one in dec, by the way, love the new seats! Are those recaros?

Edited July 8, 2019 by surfdude

[surfdude]

I just order the 502 package, with nav so I get the screen, torson front end, and boom, great resale, cheapiest this truck you could own. Couldn’t lease for this deal.

Edited July 8, 2019 by surfdude

[DAI]

8 hours ago, surfdude said:

Company truck, no putting my coin in! I get a new one in dec, by the way, love the new seats! Are those recaros?

Those are the Recaros.  Very comfortable, heavily bolstered and a sporty feel with the mix of leather and Alcantara.

Did you order a 2019 or 2020 MY?

[surfdude]

Gonna order a 20

[riffraff]

On 7/8/2019 at 7:29 AM, surfdude said:

Gonna order a 20

Or better yet...order a F-250 Tremor and share the pics with us!

 

[surfdude]

Just made it to Whitefish lake last night. The timbren bump stops made a world of difference on how the Raptor tows! My only complaint is that it’s a lot harder on your backside with these on, especially when your spoiled by the Raptors normal super plush ride. Yes, I did 80 on the long straight interstate section. Glad I had the homemade rock tamers, as a section near whitefish had chip sealing going on. Truck got about 8.5 mpg😬, but one section is straight up over the continental divide.

[DAI]

No real complaints with the amount of sag.

[Clutch-n-Throttle]

Just read through this and it reminded me of what I saw a few years ago in Lake Havasu.  Talk about sag.

[snowmanwithahat]

Congrats on the truck, everyone's right, it'll do just fine if you are careful. The tow rating is like 8,000 lbs with the soft factory suspension and quite frankly there's nothing else holding it back but the suspension. Air bags (if you think you need them) would be absolutely all you need to bring that up to the proper capability for towing.

To the guys surprised about towing at 80mph. It's easy... It's actually not very difficult to slow down from those speeds either. The only thing that's truly terrifying about that is that the speed rating on most trailer tires are not up to snuff to be towed at that speed

[Nitrousbird]

6 hours ago, snowmanwithahat said:

 The only thing that's truly terrifying about that is that the speed rating on most trailer tires are not up to snuff to be towed at that speed

Unless you are running 18" wheels, then the speed rating is well over what anyone would be comfortable towing. 

[RyanB]

Goodyear Endurance has a 87 MPH speed rating. 

[DAI]

10 hours ago, snowmanwithahat said:

Air bags (if you think you need them) would be absolutely all you need to bring that up to the proper capability for towing.

With my current boat and based on the couple times towing now, I don't think I'll be needing airbags. 

[Bozboat]

2 hours ago, RyanB said:

Goodyear Endurance has a 87 MPH speed rating. 

Kumho 857s are rated for 99 mph

but I think they are out of production. 

[surfdude]

I highly recommend the timbren bump stops, that bama recommended. Their cheap, take about 15 minutes to put on. Made a big difference on our trip last week. But if you’re only towing a few miles, don’t bother 

[DAI]

9 hours ago, surfdude said:

I highly recommend the timbren bump stops, that bama recommended. Their cheap, take about 15 minutes to put on. Made a big difference on our trip last week. But if you’re only towing a few miles, don’t bother 

The longest I may tow this year 1.5hrs.  But your comment of a lot harder on the backside has me concerned I'll hear my wife complain most of the drive.  I'll definitely keep it in mind if I feel the need to do any improvements for towing in the future.  Thank you for the reco.

[IXFE]

[DAI]

30 minutes ago, IXFE said:

What . . . . No graphics/stickers on the back?

[Clutch-n-Throttle]

I joined the fun

[Stevo]

On 8/8/2019 at 9:24 AM, DAI said:

What . . . . No graphics/stickers on the back?

Please see the sticker thread from 5yrs ago.

stickers are here by to be referred to as Appliqué’s 

[DAI]

16 hours ago, Clutch-n-Throttle said:

I joined the fun

Very nice . . . Congratulations 

[Clutch-n-Throttle]

Thanks. Gen 1 or Gen 2. They are still bad a$$ Raptors

Edited August 31, 2019 by Clutch-n-Throttle