Escape 5.0 - Truck Payload Survey

I tow my 5.0 with a 2021 Silverado 1500 WT, 2 WD, 8’ box, 2.7 turbo 4 cylinder. Max payload on the trailering sticker is 2256 pounds. Anderson hitch. Very stable and easy to back up truck and trailer combination. Only 35’ length overall.

Bought it last summer in Auburn CA and towed it back to MN. No trouble at all through the mountains. Towing here in the flat lands I’ve seen trip MPG’s as high as 16.4. Couple of MPG’s less in the mountains.
 
I never got the Bilstein 5100 shocks. Per the service manager at the Ford dealership where we purchased the F150, they were not compatible. This was for a 2024 F150 Lariat 4x4.

"These will not work with your vehicle, your Lariat is equipped with VDS (VEHICLE DYNAMIC
SUSPENSION)
in which these Bilstein shocks will not communicate with factory systems."
 
What is a "trailering sticker"?

Yellow "Tire Loading" sticker on the driver's door frame that states payload?
I tow my 5.0 with a 2021 Silverado 1500 WT, 2 WD, 8’ box, 2.7 turbo 4 cylinder. Max payload on the trailering sticker is 2256 pounds. Anderson hitch. Very stable and easy to back up truck and trailer combination. Only 35’ length overall.

Bought it last summer in Auburn CA and towed it back to MN. No trouble at all through the mountains. Towing here in the flat lands I’ve seen trip MPG’s as high as 16.4. Couple of MPG’s less in the mountains.
Never mind - found it - never seen that before.............

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What is a "trailering sticker"?

Yellow "Tire Loading" sticker on the driver's door frame that states payload?

Never mind - found it - never seen that before.............

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Yeah, the multiple Ford door-frame stickers provide the minimum info required by law. :(

Kudos to GM (and maybe others?) for going beyond that 'legal minimum' to provide much more useful / helpful information on its easy to reference door-frame stickers, IMO. (y)
 

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