Good luck everyone. Looks like I’m getting a Super Duty instead of a Lightning.

[TRP]

If there's room between all of this and the bed floor, it still should work. It will be close tho

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[astricklin]

If you need to tow a 5th wheel or gooseneck trailer, the lightning probably isn't the right tool for you at this time.

 

[Snakebitten]

There are some amazing F150's, but you gotta order and wait.

Drop a 1200lb pin on it and still have more Payload left than most F150's start with.

 

[SteffanG]

There are some amazing F150's, but you gotta order and wait.

Drop a 1200lb pin on it and still have more Payload left than most F150's start with.

That would be a HDPP and they are only available in XLT and very hard to get. I have a 2008 extended cab with a 8' box (it sucks to park the thing) that has about 2400lb payload and we have actually overloaded it a bit from time to time but only going a short distance.

 

[williams]

Keep the reservation, if it comes flip it for the profits. Dont let it go!

 

[TRP]

If you need to tow a 5th wheel or gooseneck trailer, the lightning probably isn't the right tool for you at this time.

Respectfully disagree. We need a truck that can tow our gooseneck horse trailer. We don't go coast to coast with the trailer but we do go to local trail heads (less than 50miles round trip) and an occasional 150 mile trip to a horse campground. The Lightning will be more than capable to handle our needs

 

[astricklin]

We need a truck that can tow our gooseneck horse trailer.

Note that I said "at this time". There is no know timeline for when or if a gooseneck hitch will be available. If you take delivery of a lighting before this has been produced, the truck will not fulfill your stated need. One may never be produced for this generation truck.

 

[Goose2]

Good luck on finding a super duty. I have had one on order since last October

 

[SuperRaptor]

Respectfully disagree. We need a truck that can tow our gooseneck horse trailer. We don't go coast to coast with the trailer but we do go to local trail heads (less than 50miles round trip) and an occasional 150 mile trip to a horse campground. The Lightning will be more than capable to handle our needs

At this time I would not plan on doing 150 mile trips with horses in an electric truck since you'll be lucky to even get a 150 mile range if you went from 100%-0% while towing which also isn't realistic.

 

[TRP]

At this time I would not plan on doing 150 mile trips with horses in an electric truck since you'll be lucky to even get a 150 mile range if you went from 100%-0% while towing which also isn't realistic.

The route we use has 2 DCFC on it, so getting to the destination 150 miles away is not a problem. Then there would be plenty of time at the campground to recharge and then 2 DCFC on the way home. Perfectly doable for us on this particular route. Certainly not doable everywhere and without proper planning

 

[TRP]

Note that I said "at this time". There is no know timeline for when or if a gooseneck hitch will be available. If you take delivery of a lighting before this has been produced, the truck will not fulfill your stated need. One may never be produced for this generation truck.

Fair statement. Plus, do to a late reservation I am at least a 23MY and possibly later. Ford has already stated that the Lightning will be reworked and have an all new platform for 25MY. So I may be putting the cart before the horse here anyway.

 

[Easycamper]

Note that I said "at this time". There is no know timeline for when or if a gooseneck hitch will be available. If you take delivery of a lighting before this has been produced, the truck will not fulfill your stated need. One may never be produced for this generation truck.

There are universal hitch kits available. In fact, all fifth wheel/gooseneck hitches used to be universal. It wasn’t until the past 20 years or so that custom “no drill” kits started to appear.

 

[Easycamper]

I may have spoken too soon. The fifth wheel we’re seriously considering now is one of those Reflection 150s, in particular the 278BH which is 8345 lbs. dry. It may work after all.

 

[Amps]

At this time I would not plan on doing 150 mile trips with horses in an electric truck

Those extra 2 horsepower might come in handy.

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