2015 Ford F-150 Long-Term Road Test - Edmunds.com
2015 Ford F-150: Towing Compared to Ram 1500 EcoDiesel, Part 1 May 12, 2015. I've now towed my rally car with every truck in our fleet: the 2015 Ford F-150 , the 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel and the midsize 2015 Chevy Colorado. Towing Stability: Advantage Ram. Tongue weight is a key component in towing stability, so when I first towed with the F-150 I wanted to confirm I had an honest comparison to what we've determined as the Ram's most-stable setup. When the Ram first towed this car and trailer, the trailer's cargo box was loaded with several hundred pounds of spare parts and a bed full of cargo. Compensating for that additional weight meant loading the nose-heavy car on the trailer backwards for better balance. We didn't need to carry the spare gear in subsequent towing sessions, so the car was loaded forward to maintain adequate tongue weight. Knowing that my first tow with the F-150 would also be with a loaded bed and cargo box (same as the Ram's first time towing the car), I loaded the car backwards. This proved adequate to prevent the F-150's rear end from sagging under the weight of the cargo and trailer, but it's wasn't as stable as I would've liked. On the freeway, the trailer wasn't dangerous, but it influenced the truck heavily when encountering mid-corner bumps at freeway speed. Source: www.edmunds.com
