We tested Pro Trailer Backup Assist—it's ... okay, we guess—and the Raptor's towing behaviors with a 21-foot toy hauler camper and an 18-foot open utility trailer.
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The truck offers an integrated trailer sway control system, which functions by utilizing the stability control system to detect trailer sway. When sway is detected, a message is displayed on the instrument cluster alerting the driver to slow down as the truck automatically modulates torque output and brakes individual corners as needed to help bring the trailer under control. The system can't prevent trailer sway, but it does a pretty good job of mitigating it.
Most people take the posted maximums as gospel, but we know better. Our truck has a maximum gross vehicle weight rating of 7,150 pounds. This is the total of what the truck can weigh inclusive of fuel, fluids, occupants, and cargo. With a curb weight of 6,023 pounds, our actual payload capacity is 1,127 pounds, or 273 pounds under the stated max.
With a trailer attached the story goes from bad to worse. Even at just 8,000 pounds the V-6 engine works hard to move the load. Spending more time in lower gears, higher rpm, and pushing more boost pressure, the Raptor sucks down the dino juice like it's going out of style. Pulling an 8,000-pound 21-foot travel trailer, the Raptor has so far averaged 9.4 mpg.
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