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2020 Ford F-350 towing capacity.

Published pickup ratings run from 11,900 - 35,750 lbs for F-350 rows, SRW / DRW, 3 engines, and Conventional, 5th-Wheel, Gooseneck towing. This Ford guide does not publish a profile/engine available max-payload summary for this year; use the truck certification label for actual payload, GVWR, rear GAWR, passengers, cargo, options, and trailer tongue or pin weight.

Retrieved from Ford RV & Trailer Towing Guide 2020. Citations available below.

POWERTRAIN

Towing Capacity by Engine

Your engine determines your base towing limit across wheel class, tow type, cab, drivetrain, axle ratio, GCWR, wheelbase, and box length. Start here to see the 2020 ratings for your specific F-350 pickup setup.

Ford F-350 rows are filtered from Ford's Super Duty pickup selector. Start with engine, then use the chart to narrow the rest of the truck configuration.

Scope

Pickup scope

Chassis-cab, cutaway, medium-duty, and other commercial/upfit ratings are not included in this pickup guide.

Payload

Payload context

This Ford guide does not publish a profile/engine available max-payload summary for this year. Actual payload, GVWR, rear GAWR, passengers, cargo, options, and trailer tongue or pin weight come from the truck certification label.

Hitch load

Tongue and pin burden

The guide uses 10% of loaded trailer weight for conventional tongue load and 15% for 5th-wheel or gooseneck pin load. The table calculates those guide loads from the displayed trailer rating.

Equipment

Supporting limits

Guide-level hitch receiver, frontal-area, and warranty limits are shown as policy context, while row requirements remain tied to chart cells.

Technical Audit

Data sources

These citations show the Ford guide pages used for the 2020 Ford F-350 pickup overview.

Show source pages for the 2020 guide
DOC_ID: ford-tow DOCUMENT BASIS

Ford RV & Trailer Towing Guide 2020

Audit Scope PAGES: 4-5, 12, 15-16, 22-26, 38