New F150 Tremor owner

[P0H0]

New F150 Tremor owner — guess I missed the run up. Former ride was the 2019 F150 Limited. I wanted a Raptor but found the truck to be super focused and lacking some utility I needed. I’m hoping the Tremor brings that perfect blend. I went to PA yesterday and bought the only one in actual stock at a dealer I could find within 100 miles— fully loaded Lead Foot. Best surprise is the antenna didn’t hit the garage door pulling in — clearance was close.

 

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New F150 Tremor owner — guess I missed the run up. Former ride was the 2019 F150 Limited. I wanted a Raptor but found the truck to be super focused and lacking some utility I needed. I’m hoping the Tremor brings that perfect blend. I went to PA yesterday and bought the only one in actual stock at a dealer I could find within 100 miles— fully loaded Lead Foot. Best surprise is the antenna didn’t hit the garage door pulling in — clearance was close.

Welcome to the forum @P0H0 - Congrats on the new Tremor! I believe you are the first person on the forum to take delivery. Let us know what you think after a few days behind the wheel!

 

[deucedevil]

Fantastic! This is my EXACT truck but won't enjoy it until November. Just glad to see them hitting garages.

 

[RotorHead695]

New F150 Tremor owner — guess I missed the run up. Former ride was the 2019 F150 Limited. I wanted a Raptor but found the truck to be super focused and lacking some utility I needed. I’m hoping the Tremor brings that perfect blend. I went to PA yesterday and bought the only one in actual stock at a dealer I could find within 100 miles— fully loaded Lead Foot. Best surprise is the antenna didn’t hit the garage door pulling in — clearance was close.

Congratulations! Now figure out the best way to level it for the rest of us...haha. And if you get a chance to see the offset on the inside of the OEM wheel, many of us are dying to know.

 

[P0H0]

Thanks! It's pretty fun to drive -- going from a 2019 F150 Limited I have a few things to offer that I appreciate:

1. The antenna doesn't hit the garage when pulling in -- Ford seemed to make it the perfect height this time.

2. It actually fits in the garage -- I was worried prior to pulling out the tape measure.

3. Sync 4 was difficult to get CarPlay working wireless -- it suddenly started working the next day. Go figure.

4. Sync 4 won't connect to my home WiFi -- may be a Unity thing... reading up on it. But with over the air updates, is it truly needed?

5. Power Lift Tailgate will amaze your friends -- yes, we all wonder why.

6. They actually added a dash button for the heated steering wheel -- I used to have to dig through the sync 3 menu on the 2019.

7. Sport Mode switches you to 4A by default -- I was always doing this manually with the 2019 F150 Limited.

8. Whole-lotta driving modes -- I think I counted 9

9. Sync 4 works well with CarPlay and mirrors information in supplemental screen divisions and on the dash -- kinda neat to be on CarPlay map and have the music on the Apple Music on the Ford side screen.

10. Lots of top aux flip buttons -- gonna have to think of something to put on the truck to make use of a few

11. Pro Power Onboard in the bed of the truck looks pretty cool -- if I lose my house power I can theoretically keep the garage freezer and house fridge running if they come in under 2000 Watts total.

12. Console work surface has situational use as does the tailgate construction markings -- I don't build houses or typically surf my laptop in the truck, but you never know.

Window Sticker w/ Options:

 

[Yeti]

4. Sync 4 won't connect to my home WiFi -- may be a Unity thing... reading up on it. But with over the air updates, is it truly needed?

Congrats! That's one good looking truck (almost identical to my order)

For the Sync/Wifi issue, check to see if your wifi router does 802.11R (fast roaming) there are a lot of wifi radios that don't work well with it. You will probably be able to disable it specifically for your truck/Sync within your Wifi router.

In addition to that wheel offset, would you mind sharing the payload sticker in the door, please?

Thanks. Enjoy that truck.

 

[P0H0]

Congrats! That's one good looking truck (almost identical to my order)

For the Sync/Wifi issue, check to see if your wifi router does 802.11R (fast roaming) there are a lot of wifi radios that don't work well with it. You will probably be able to disable it specifically for your truck/Sync within your Wifi router.

In addition to that wheel offset, would you mind sharing the payload sticker in the door, please?

Thanks. Enjoy that truck.

Here you go:

 

[deucedevil]

I think we were all hoping for more than 1500# payload. By my math that puts truck dry weight in at just under 5500#. Question: Does payload take in to account fuel? At full this thing carries 225# of gas.

 

[Yeti]

That 1500# includes every heavy option except the bed liner (~70#) but does not include gas, coolant or oil. As I understand it, the dual panel sunroof is also in the 70# range. I think I'm going to start collecting the payload sticker info and window sticker to identify the weight of each option. These are 2021s so the info should be good for several years.

Obviously depending on what your options are, the payload goes up to 1885#. I posted 2 other truck payload stickers on another thread one was nearly base @ 1877# and the other was a 401 @ just under 1700#

 

[RotorHead695]

I'm sort of glad my order won't start until October. That'll give companies like Eibach and Deaver time to figure it out. Any thoughts on a good shock replacement? Not sure I want to get into the racing oriented ones that require rebuild so often. The <50k mile interval on my Raptor shocks is an expensive pain in the ass. I also think I'd be able to sell the Tremor springs and shocks to the regular F150 guys without much trouble.

 

[RotorHead695]

7. Sport Mode switches you to 4A by default -- I was always doing this manually with the 2019 F150 Limited.

Ugh...I don't like that at all. I only like using 4A when it's wet or icy, I hate torque steer.

 

[Yeti]

I'm sort of glad my order won't start until October. That'll give companies like Eibach and Deaver time to figure it out. Any thoughts on a good shock replacement? Not sure I want to get into the racing oriented ones that require rebuild so often. The <50k mile interval on my Raptor shocks is an expensive pain in the ass. I also think I'd be able to sell the Tremor springs and shocks to the regular F150 guys without much trouble.

I think you're right on timing. King is great but never had them go 20k miles without rebuilding them. Fox may be an option but may still need to wait on the tune for them.

 

[P0H0]

Ugh...I don't like that at all. I only like using 4A when it's wet or icy, I hate torque steer.

You can turn 4A off once in sport mode — it just defaults to 4A when sport selected.

 

[Yeti]

I think we were all hoping for more than 1500# payload. By my math that puts truck dry weight in at just under 5500#. Question: Does payload take in to account fuel? At full this thing carries 225# of gas.

I just started a thread with spreadsheet link. I'll try to keep them updated as I get payload and window stickers that match

Payload Thread - Option weight spreadsheet

I'm not sure how long I'll manage this spreadsheet but I'll try to keep it up so we can evenytually have a reasonable indication of option weights. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qMB1GJ9TVPwXalgqFD-x0pVHm3gSXzEYlOpjdttQlxE/edit?usp=sharing

www.f150tremor.com

 

[P0H0]

Why so much focus on payload?

 

[RotorHead695]

You can turn 4A off once in sport mode — it just defaults to 4A when sport selected.

I wonder if we'll be able to tweak with FORScan. First world problems worrying about hitting 2 separate problems every start up. lol

 

[RotorHead695]

Why so much focus on payload?

It's not towing capacity we're worried about. It's the amount of gear we'll be able to haul while towing or not. My Raptor sags lower in the rear end on a leveled truck with just a canopy and my off-road stuff. That's not even considering other gear on camping/exploring trips.

 

[RotorHead695]

I think you're right on timing. King is great but never had them go 20k miles without rebuilding them. Fox may be an option but may still need to wait on the tune for them.

I was hoping for something that would go more like 100k miles. I don't need shocks capable of jumps or anything.

 

[Yeti]

Why so much focus on payload?

So many one-liners available for this question..

"Well Poho, I'm fat" is my favirote.

Payload is the single reason for a truck and the one item that can cause you to lose everything you own. A manufacturers tow/payload sheet means exactly dick when you're involved in an accident. Your only supportable defense is basing what you're carrying with what's on that silly little sticker. Granted, if you add larger tires, a cap, tow rope, pack of chewing gum, they are all payload too but that's on us.

If I'm towing my small trailer with 524# tongue weight, have a full tank of gas (226#) and am alone (340#) and am involved in a serious accident, I'm safely within my 1111# payload and my insurance company and DOT won't think twice. If I do that same thing with my decked, bed rack, sliders, winch, recovery gear, etc. I'm 600# over my GVWR on a public road and DOT has the potential to charge me with the entire accident only because I should not have been on that road at that time. My Insurance company has the right to not insure me for that accident because I "wasn't operating a vehicle within manufacturers stated safe limits"

It's arguable if the truck is "safe" and can "handle" the load but all that goes out the window in a court of law. Also when someone inevitably states "towing" it will always come back to payload. you can't tow a 10K pound trailer that will have a tongue weight at best (safely) of 10% (1,000 pounds of payload) with a full tank (226#) and a naked fat guy (340#) driving and have 1500# payload rating. Of course if anyone is aware of a way to pull a trailer without a driver or gas, I'm all about being wrong.

Sorry for the soap box. I'm sure that's a bit more than you were looking for in an answer. Which is why I like the, "I'm fat" response

 

[P0H0]

So many one-liners available for this question..

"Well Poho, I'm fat" is my favirote.

Payload is the single reason for a truck and the one item that can cause you to lose everything you own. A manufacturers tow/payload sheet means exactly dick when you're involved in an accident. Your only supportable defense is basing what you're carrying with what's on that silly little sticker. Granted, if you add larger tires, a cap, tow rope, pack of chewing gum, they are all payload too but that's on us.

If I'm towing my small trailer with 524# tongue weight, have a full tank of gas (226#) and am alone (340#) and am involved in a serious accident, I'm safely within my 1111# payload and my insurance company and DOT won't think twice. If I do that same thing with my decked, bed rack, sliders, winch, recovery gear, etc. I'm 600# over my GVWR on a public road and DOT has the potential to charge me with the entire accident only because I should not have been on that road at that time. My Insurance company has the right to not insure me for that accident because I "wasn't operating a vehicle within manufacturers stated safe limits"

It's arguable if the truck is "safe" and can "handle" the load but all that goes out the window in a court of law. Also when someone inevitably states "towing" it will always come back to payload. you can't tow a 10K pound trailer that will have a tongue weight at best (safely) of 10% (1,000 pounds of payload) with a full tank (226#) and a naked fat guy (340#) driving and have 1500# payload rating. Of course if anyone is aware of a way to pull a trailer without a driver or gas, I'm all about being wrong.

Sorry for the soap box. I'm sure that's a bit more than you were looking for in an answer. Which is why I like the, "I'm fat" response

I can sympathize — 6’2” monster myself.

So you have a ~10,000 lb trailer to pull? You could load what you can in the trailer instead of the truck bed and calculate 90% of that weight out of payload— just stick below the towing max.

Another fun option to consider is optimizing the trailer — you can extend the tongue to lower weight.

* Yes, safety first — don’t sacrifice too much handling.