[syshum]

>>pickup truck drivers are hauling a fifth wheel camper or horse trailer across country

You would not get a ICE F-150 for that anyway... you would get as F-250 or F-350 for that kind of hauling.

F-150 is for Utility hauling for small campers, or Utility trailers and general work, not for 5th wheels, and horses *except maybe one of the small single horse trailers.

[throwaway0a5e]

Plenty of people use half ton trucks like that. Sure it's a little harder on equipment and you have to put up with internet commenters taking cheap swipes at you over safety (the heck is the point of having a tow rating if everything up to that rating isn't fair game?) but the trucks handle the job nicely enough.

[syshum]

A 5th wheel trailer will almost always be over the tow rating of an f150

Many people exceed the tow rating, and rightfully get ridiculed online for it