Even then it's highly unlikely that Ford will ever offer a higher capacity battery solution for the 14th gen PB. This is especially true since it's not something the owner could simply swap out or plug in.
Ford likely won't make any significant changes to the Powerboost or PBoB platform until some stiff competition is out for it like the Ram Charger (if it ever comes to market) My bet is that the next iteration of Powerboost won't be for the F150 either but instead will be on the F250+ platform. Likely having double the EV motor output and a significantly larger HV battery.
I think it all hinges on if the Powerboost is a perpetual option in the F150 lineup.
True, as long as Ford stuck with the 7350 GVW. But that's just something they choose to sandbag on. They can increase GVW almost effortlessly if they wanted to.A larger HV battery would be cool and all, but it would eat so much into the payload capacity that I think it becomes counter productive. I'd guesstime a 10KWh battery pack weights in around 200 lbs maybe? compared to however much the current smaller one is.
It's not much maybe, but it's something. I think Ford would really need to work on beefing up whatever it takes to increase the payload of the half tons.
I got my F150 so I could tow a heavier trailer that my 2004 Tundra just couldn't (and I've been using a F350 just for that purpose). Dry weight is 7040# and I'd guess with a full tank of water (we boondock, so that's important) and all the gear we're probably up there around 7700-7800#. I was crunching the numbers after a recent cat scale visit and it's tight... it'll work, but I didn't have as much leeway as I thought I would, and it all comes down to that payload capacity.
My tongue weight was a bit too high, by nearly 200# (it was 920# instead of a target of 700# if I wanted to hit right at 10%) so I need to rebalance some load in the trailer itself. Turns out I have a ton of crap in there I rarely use, and because the 350 didn't even blink at it, I let it slide. Now I have to worry about those extra pounds.
I'm really close on the payload number too but it is so worth it, especially for boondockers.A larger HV battery would be cool and all, but it would eat so much into the payload capacity that I think it becomes counter productive. I'd guesstime a 10KWh battery pack weights in around 200 lbs maybe? compared to however much the current smaller one is.
It's not much maybe, but it's something. I think Ford would really need to work on beefing up whatever it takes to increase the payload of the half tons.
I got my F150 so I could tow a heavier trailer that my 2004 Tundra just couldn't (and I've been using a F350 just for that purpose). Dry weight is 7040# and I'd guess with a full tank of water (we boondock, so that's important) and all the gear we're probably up there around 7700-7800#. I was crunching the numbers after a recent cat scale visit and it's tight... it'll work, but I didn't have as much leeway as I thought I would, and it all comes down to that payload capacity.
My tongue weight was a bit too high, by nearly 200# (it was 920# instead of a target of 700# if I wanted to hit right at 10%) so I need to rebalance some load in the trailer itself. Turns out I have a ton of crap in there I rarely use, and because the 350 didn't even blink at it, I let it slide. Now I have to worry about those extra pounds.
There's always Ozempic..My tongue weight was a bit too high, by nearly 200# (it was 920# instead of a target of 700# if I wanted to hit right at 10%) so I need to rebalance some load in the trailer itself. Turns out I have a ton of crap in there I rarely use, and because the 350 didn't even blink at it, I let it slide. Now I have to worry about those extra pounds.
I knew I left that punchline dangling.
You should just pack a bunch of these to save weight:
So far, PB has run continuously only a few times, and that was my fault. I had left either the heater or AC in the cabin on. When I've made sure nothing was left on, it's worked like it's supposed to, 1 to 2 minutes every 20 minutes or so. I will use it from Friday afternoon to Sunday morning.
I've seen some post say it can be caused by heat under the hood. Some posts state to pop the hood to vent. I had this that happened once when I was boondocking and came out at 6am to find my truck not cycling off/on. Drawing to many amps can cause the truck to not cycle too.
