These 10 Pickups Can't Tow What the Ad Says in Canada — Here's the Real Number

The towing number in a truck ad is real, but it belongs to one truck, built one way, carrying two 150-pound people and nothing else. Put a Canadian family and a weekend of gear in the pickup you actually bought, and the trailer it can really pull shrinks fast. Doug Brennan runs the same family load through ten pickups sold in Canada: Toyota Tacoma, Toyota Tundra, Ford Maverick, Ford Ranger Raptor, Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon, Chevrolet Silverado EV, Ram 1500 Hurricane, Ram 1500 Hemi, Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and Ford F-150. For each: the advertised maximum, the configuration it takes, and the real number for a typical Canadian build. Number one loses more than 6,000 pounds between the ad and the driveway, and its own towing guide admits why in one sentence. Also covered: what SAE J2807 assumes, the payload sticker on your door jamb, licence and trailer brake rules in Ontario, B.C., Alberta and Quebec, and how to weigh your rig on a truck stop scale. General information only. Ratings vary by model year and build; your door sticker, compliance label and owner's manual govern your truck. Prices change. Sources: Ford 2026 F-150 Towing Guide: https://www.ford.com/content/dam/brand_ford/en_us/brand/towing/pdf/2026-Ford-F150-Towing-Guide-v4.pdf Ram Canada 2026 Ram 1500 towing chart: https://www.ramtruck.ca/documents/ramtruck/2026-RAM-1500-PAYLOAD-TOWING-v2.pdf Transport Canada TSD 110: https://tc.canada.ca/sites/default/files/2026-04/110_TSD_rev2_FINAL.pdf Ontario MTO towing: https://www.ontario.ca/document/official-mto-drivers-handbook/towing ICBC recreational trailers: https://icbc.com/driver-licensing/types-licences/Towing-a-recreational-trailer Also: ford.ca, Chevrolet, Cars.com, Guide Auto, AutoTrader.ca, Kelley Blue Book, The Autopian, Consumer Reports, Statistics Canada, SAAQ. This channel is made with the help of AI tools. What do you tow, and what do you tow it with? #towing #pickuptrucks #canada