VAMike
Well-Known Member
It isn't. The manual is just badly written. You need trailer brakes for anything over 1650lbs regardless of where you stick your ball.I think we all can agree that If the bumper tow limit to 3,500 w/o brakes is correct
The manual has actually managed to get worse--for 2023 the online manual points to the "ford towing guide" for weight limits, and that document doesn't mention brakes at all. But this is definitely an item for which common sense should indicate that the discrepancy is caused by ford's really terrible editors, and not that a bumper ball magically increases braking power.
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