Why the level? Why the rake?

[pbethel]

Depends on tongue weight.
Watch my boss drive a trailer with a 1000 gallon propane tank on it with several hundred pounds negative tongue weight. On a public road. He drove because I refused to. Gave my F350 service truck a nice rake. I followed in his managers PU.

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[Msfitoy]

Why are you leveling? Is it purely for cosmetic reasons or is there a performance benefit?

While we’re at it, why is there such a pronounced raked to begin with? What is Ford’s reasoning behind it? Tow capacity?

Rake (+ airdam) improve MPG by keeping turbulent air from rough under chassis for 99% of time when used as one person transport...levels out and prevents nose up attitude when loaded...