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Ford F-150 towing capacity

America's highest-volume half-ton. Towing changes with the generation, and inside a generation it changes again with engine, axle, cab, bed, and tow package.

A gray Ford F-150 Platinum towing a silver travel trailer on a wooded road
2026 Ford F-150 Platinum · Photo: Ford ↗

73 orderable 2026 builds

The nameplate began in 1975. Pages here start at 2000. Earlier charts are not transcribed yet.

Cited years

0k3.8k7.5k11.3k15k2000: 8,800 lb conventional20002001: 8,800 lb conventional2002: 8,800 lb conventional2003: 8,800 lb conventional2004: 9,900 lb conventional+1.1k2005: 9,900 lb conventional20052006: 9,900 lb conventional2007: 11,000 lb conventional+1.1k2008: 11,000 lb conventional2009: 11,300 lb conventional2010: 11,300 lb conventional20102011: 11,300 lb conventional2012: 11,300 lb conventional2013: 11,300 lb conventional2014: 11,300 lb conventional2015: 12,200 lb conventional20152016: 12,200 lb conventional2017: 12,200 lb conventional2018: 13,200 lb conventional+1k2019: 13,200 lb conventional2020: 13,200 lb conventional20202021: 14,000 lb conventional2022: 14,000 lb conventional2023: 14,000 lb conventional2024: 13,500 lb conventional2025: 13,500 lb conventional20252026: 13,500 lb conventional2026
Highest cited conventional rating per model year, in thousands of pounds. Labels mark the largest changes from the year before, counted only where both years are cited. A dashed tick is a year with no cited rating; it is not zero and is not estimated.
YearHitchCited maximumVersus prior cited yearSource
2000Conventional8,800 lbFirst cited year for this hitchFord
2000Fifth-wheel8,800 lbFirst cited year for this hitchFord
2001Conventional8,800 lbUnchanged from 2000Ford
2001Fifth-wheel8,800 lbUnchanged from 2000Ford
2002Conventional8,800 lbUnchanged from 2001Ford
2002Fifth-wheel8,800 lbUnchanged from 2001Ford
2003Conventional8,800 lbUnchanged from 2002Ford
2003Fifth-wheel8,800 lbUnchanged from 2002Ford
2004Conventional9,900 lb+1,100 lb vs 2003Ford
2004Fifth-wheel10,000 lb+1,200 lb vs 2003Ford
2005Conventional9,900 lbUnchanged from 2004Ford
2005Fifth-wheel9,900 lb-100 lb vs 2004Ford
2006Conventional9,900 lbUnchanged from 2005Ford
2006Fifth-wheel9,900 lbUnchanged from 2005Ford
2007Conventional11,000 lb+1,100 lb vs 2006Ford
2007Fifth-wheel11,000 lb+1,100 lb vs 2006Ford
2008Conventional11,000 lbUnchanged from 2007Ford
2008Fifth-wheel11,000 lbUnchanged from 2007Ford
2009Conventional11,300 lb+300 lb vs 2008Ford
2009Fifth-wheel11,300 lb+300 lb vs 2008Ford
2010Conventional11,300 lbUnchanged from 2009Ford
2011Conventional11,300 lbUnchanged from 2010Ford
2012Conventional11,300 lbUnchanged from 2011Ford
2013Conventional11,300 lbUnchanged from 2012Ford
2014Conventional11,300 lbUnchanged from 2013Ford
2015Conventional12,200 lb+900 lb vs 2014Ford
2015Fifth-wheel12,100 lbFirst cited year for this hitchFord
2016Conventional12,200 lbUnchanged from 2015Ford
2016Fifth-wheel12,100 lbUnchanged from 2015Ford
2017Conventional12,200 lbUnchanged from 2016Ford
2017Fifth-wheel12,100 lbUnchanged from 2016Ford
2018Conventional13,200 lb+1,000 lb vs 2017Ford
2018Fifth-wheel12,100 lbUnchanged from 2017Ford
2019Conventional13,200 lbUnchanged from 2018Ford
2019Fifth-wheel12,100 lbUnchanged from 2018Ford
2020Conventional13,200 lbUnchanged from 2019Ford
2020Fifth-wheel11,900 lb-200 lb vs 2019Ford
2021Conventional14,000 lb+800 lb vs 2020Ford
2021Fifth-wheel14,000 lb+2,100 lb vs 2020Ford
2021Gooseneck14,000 lbFirst cited year for this hitchFord
2022Conventional14,000 lbUnchanged from 2021Ford
2022Fifth-wheel14,000 lbUnchanged from 2021Ford
2022Gooseneck14,000 lbUnchanged from 2021Ford
2023Conventional14,000 lbUnchanged from 2022Ford
2023Fifth-wheel14,000 lbUnchanged from 2022Ford
2023Gooseneck14,000 lbUnchanged from 2022Ford
2024Conventional13,500 lb-500 lb vs 2023Ford
2024Fifth-wheel11,600 lb-2,400 lb vs 2023Ford
2024Gooseneck11,600 lb-2,400 lb vs 2023Ford
2025Conventional13,500 lbUnchanged from 2024Ford
2025Fifth-wheel11,600 lbUnchanged from 2024Ford
2025Gooseneck11,600 lbUnchanged from 2024Ford
2026Conventional13,500 lbUnchanged from 2025Ford
2026Fifth-wheel11,700 lb+100 lb vs 2025Ford
2026Gooseneck11,700 lb+100 lb vs 2025Ford

Every model year

A filled mark means that year has a cited rating. An empty mark is still a real page: generation, what changed, and an explicit gap instead of a guessed number.

  1. 202613,500 lb cited
  2. 202513,500 lb cited
  3. 202413,500 lb cited
  4. 202314,000 lb cited
  5. 202214,000 lb cited
  6. 202114,000 lb cited
  7. 202013,200 lb cited
  8. 201913,200 lb cited
  9. 201813,200 lb cited
  10. 201712,200 lb cited
  11. 201612,200 lb cited
  12. 201512,200 lb cited
  13. 201411,300 lb cited
  14. 201311,300 lb cited
  15. 201211,300 lb cited
  16. 201111,300 lb cited
  17. 201011,300 lb cited
  18. 200911,300 lb cited
  19. 200811,000 lb cited
  20. 200711,000 lb cited
  21. 20069,900 lb cited
  22. 20059,900 lb cited
  23. 200410,000 lb cited
  24. 20038,800 lb cited
  25. 20028,800 lb cited
  26. 20018,800 lb cited
  27. 20008,800 lb cited

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