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2024 Ford Bronco towing capacity

The 2024 Ford Bronco tows 3,080 lbs to 4,500 lbs depending on how it's built. The top number needs the 3.0L EcoBoost V6, 4-Door, Raptor.

✓ From 2024 Ford Bronco Towing Guide, p. 1 ↗Checked 2026-09-28202620252024202320222021

Ford Bronco
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4,500
Max towing, lbs
3,080
Lowest rating, lbs
53
Configurations
450
Max tongue, lbs

Your exact truck

Which Bronco is yours?

Engine?

Not sure? The label on your driver's door jamb and your window sticker list these.

So far

3,080 lbs – 4,500 lbs

53 configurations still match. Answer to narrow it down.

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Will it pull your trailer?

Use the trailer's GVWR (on its VIN sticker) if you don't know what it weighs loaded — the dry weight leaves out water, propane and gear.

Yes, in every configuration

Across all 53 configurations in the maker's guide.

▲ top rating 4,500 lbs

  • Tongue weight ≈ 250 lbs — 10% of the loaded trailer, the figure Ford's guide uses (no more than 200 lbs up to 2,000 lbs). It counts against your payload, together with passengers and cargo.
  • Needed at this weight: For trailers over 2,000 lbs. – dealer-installed towing equipment. Your New Vehicle Limited Warranty may be voided if you tow without it.
  • ✓ up to 90% of the rating · ! 90–100% (little room for cargo, hills, wind — common advice, not a Ford rule) · ✕ over the rating.

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Why the numbers differ

  • Engine choice moves the top rating from 3,500 lbs (2.7L EcoBoost V6) to 4,500 lbs (3.0L EcoBoost V6).

  • The version counts too: Big Bend is rated 420 lbs higher than Everglades with everything else the same (2.3L EcoBoost I4 · 4.70 axle · 4-Door · Big Bend · 10-speed automatic). p. 1 ↗

  • Same top rating as the 2023 model (4,500 lbs).

In real life

What 4,500 lbs means in trailers

Ford's own guide sorts trailers into four classes. With the right configuration the Bronco reaches:

  1. Class I✓ Yes

    up to 2,000 lbs

    Small folding camping trailers and trailers for small boats, motorcycles and snowmobiles.

    2026 Ford RV & Trailer Towing Guide, p. 4 ↗

  2. Class II✓ Yes

    2,001–3,500 lbs

    Large folding camping trailers, single-axle, small- to medium-length (up to 18-ft.) trailers.

    2026 Ford RV & Trailer Towing Guide, p. 4 ↗

  3. Class IIIUp to 4,500

    3,501–5,000 lbs

    Dual-axle or large single-axle travel trailers.

    2026 Ford RV & Trailer Towing Guide, p. 4 ↗

  4. Class IV✕ No

    over 5,000 lbs

    Largest travel and 5th-wheel trailers made for recreation.

    2026 Ford RV & Trailer Towing Guide, p. 4 ↗

Real trailers

Can the Bronco pull these?

9 heavier trailers the Bronco isn't rated for

Weights are what each trailer maker publishes (retrieved 2026-09-27). We compare the trailer's GVWR — the most it may weigh loaded — with each Bronco configuration's rating, and never a dry weight when a GVWR exists.

Compare

Towing capacity by engine

3.0L EcoBoost V64,500 lbs

1 configuration

2.3L EcoBoost I43,080 – 3,500 lbs

29 configurations

2.7L EcoBoost V63,260 – 3,500 lbs

23 configurations

Orange = the range across that engine's configurations. Bars start at zero.

Fine print, made plain

What the rating assumes

Over 2,000 lbs

For trailers over 2,000 lbs. – dealer-installed towing equipment. Your New Vehicle Limited Warranty may be voided if you tow without it.

2024 Ford Bronco Towing Guide, p. 1 ↗

Hitch limit

Bronco (dealer-installed towing equipment)

3,500 lbs trailer · 350 lbs tongue

2024 Ford Bronco Towing Guide, p. 1 ↗

Hitch limit

Bronco Raptor

4,500 lbs trailer · 450 lbs tongue

2024 Ford Bronco Towing Guide, p. 1 ↗

Trailer frontal area

30 sq. ft. without dealer-installed towing equipment; 30 sq. ft. with dealer-installed towing equipment (tow rating of 3,500 lbs. or less); 40 sq. ft. with Raptor Tow Package 2. A tall, wide trailer can be too big even when it's light enough.

2024 Ford Bronco Towing Guide, p. 1 ↗

Every rating assumes a 150-lb driver and passenger and no other cargo. Add people, gear or accessories and the trailer you can tow goes down by the same amount.

New to towing?

The five weights, in one picture

Tongue weightLoaded trailer weightPayloadGVWR: the loaded truckGCWR: truck + trailer together
Loaded trailer weight — must stay under the towing rating
The rating “It assumes a towing vehicle with any mandatory options, no cargo, tongue load of 10% (conventional trailer) or king pin weight of 15% (5th-wheel trailer), and driver and passenger (150 lbs. each).” Weight of additional options, passengers, cargo and hitch must be deducted from this weight. p. 7 ↗
Tongue weight — the part of the trailer pressing on the hitch
“For trailers up to 2,000 lbs., tongue load not to exceed 200 lbs. For conventional trailers over 2,000 lbs., tongue load is 10% of loaded trailer weight. For 5th-wheel trailers, king pin weight is 15% of loaded trailer weight.” p. 7 ↗
Payload — people and cargo the truck can carry
“Payload is the combined maximum allowable weight of cargo and passengers that the vehicle is designed to carry. It is the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating minus the Base Curb Weight.” And: “When towing, trailer tongue load or king pin weight is also part of the Cargo Weight.” p. 6 ↗
GVWR and GCWR — the two ceilings
“Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) is the maximum allowable weight of the fully-loaded vehicle (including passengers and cargo).” “Gross Vehicle Weight PLUS Loaded Trailer Weight EQUALS Gross Combination Weight (GCW) GCW must not exceed GCWR.” Your GVWR is on the label on the driver's door jamb. p. 6 ↗

From the maker's table

All 53 configurations

Conventional towing:
EngineAxleBodyTrimTrans.Max trailerGCWRSource
3.0L EcoBoost V64.704-DoorRaptor10-speed automatic4,5001610,650p. 1 ↗
2.3L EcoBoost I43.732-DoorBig Bend10-speed automatic3,50018,480p. 1 ↗
2.3L EcoBoost I43.734-DoorBig Bend10-speed automatic3,50018,480p. 1 ↗
2.3L EcoBoost I43.734-DoorOuter Banks10-speed automatic3,50018,480p. 1 ↗
2.3L EcoBoost I44.272-DoorBig Bend10-speed automatic3,50018,480p. 1 ↗
2.3L EcoBoost I44.274-DoorBig Bend10-speed automatic3,50018,480p. 1 ↗
2.3L EcoBoost I44.274-DoorOuter Banks10-speed automatic3,50018,480p. 1 ↗
2.3L EcoBoost I44.462-DoorBlack Diamond10-speed automatic3,50018,780p. 1 ↗
2.3L EcoBoost I44.464-DoorBlack Diamond10-speed automatic3,50018,780p. 1 ↗
2.3L EcoBoost I44.702-DoorBig Bend10-speed automatic3,50018,780p. 1 ↗
2.3L EcoBoost I44.704-DoorBig Bend10-speed automatic3,50018,780p. 1 ↗
2.3L EcoBoost I44.702-DoorBlack Diamond10-speed automatic3,50018,780p. 1 ↗
  1. Trailer Tow Prep Package included on all models, excluding Raptor. Available towing equipment is dealer installed. (See chart on page 14)
  2. Equipped with Electromechanical Transfer Case (EMTC).
  3. Equipped with Electronic Shift On-the-Fly (ESOF).
  4. Sasquatch Package (765).
  5. Heritage Limited model only.
  6. Raptor model includes Tow Package 2 as standard equipment.

Weights in lbs. “Not listed” means the maker printed no GCWR for that configuration — we don't estimate one.

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Questions people ask

What is the towing capacity of the 2024 Ford Bronco?

From 3,080 lbs to 4,500 lbs, depending on engine, axle ratio, body and drive. The 4,500 lbs top rating is for the 3.0L EcoBoost V6 · 4.70 axle · 4-Door · Raptor · 10-speed automatic (Trailer Tow Prep Package included on all models, excluding Raptor. Available towing equipment is dealer installed. (See chart on page 14) Raptor model includes Tow Package 2 as standard equipment).

Does the 2024 Ford Bronco need a tow package?

For trailers over 2,000 lbs. – dealer-installed towing equipment. Your New Vehicle Limited Warranty may be voided if you tow without it.

How much tongue weight can the 2024 Ford Bronco handle?

Bronco (dealer-installed towing equipment): 350 lbs. Bronco Raptor: 450 lbs.

Citing these numbers?

Can Tow That. "2024 Ford Bronco Towing Capacity." From 2024 Ford Bronco Towing Guide, V1 (PDF modified 2023-12-15). https://cantowthat.com/ford/bronco/2024

Source: 2024 Ford Bronco Towing Guide (Ford Motor Company, V1 (PDF modified 2023-12-15); retrieved 2026-09-28). Page links open the PDF at the page each number is printed on.

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