Question about weight ratings
Still trying to figure out payload and towing capacity for my truck. (2016 F-250 Diesel). I plan on going to a scale and getting an exact weight of my truck. However, I am not sure what to subtract...
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2oldman wrote:
Your actual payload is the GVWR minus the truck's weight. Your owner's manual should list its towing capacity.
Listed "towing capacity" means nothing. :R And you won't know your particular truck's true payload capacity until you go weigh it with a full tank of gas ... if weight distribution / sway control is going to be used then you also want it sitting in the back of the truck while it's on the scale. Once you have the scale reading subtract your own weight if you're in the truck at the time ... the result will be your particular truck's real world curb weight as it sits there ready to be hitched to a trailer. Subtract that number from it's GVWR and the result will be your actual payload capacity, that which you will use to account for the weight of everyone and everything you add to the truck PLUS any tongue weight (or pin weight) transferred from the trailer to the truck.
