Payload Ratings are a farce
Spent months shopping for a new Superduty, ended up ordering one that fit our criteria- XLT, Powerstroke, 3.55 rear-end, Camper package, fifth wheel, etc. We were debating back and forth between a F2...
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Myredracer,
Those stickers with payloads, are supposed to be for that vehicle, how it was manufactured from a given builder. Be it a car, truck, RV trailer etc. Including any and all options as equipped. Is it perfectly exact. NO! But, per a poster that worked in GM lines, their goal was to be no more than plus minus 5 or 10 lbs of actual, based on known weights of options etc. Reality is, pretty dang close for all practical purposes. I've found them to be with in 20 lbs. That is usually multiple scale increment that I have used. I have not used a truck scale using 1 lb increments.
Those numbers are close enough for me.
Marty
Those stickers with payloads, are supposed to be for that vehicle, how it was manufactured from a given builder. Be it a car, truck, RV trailer etc. Including any and all options as equipped. Is it perfectly exact. NO! But, per a poster that worked in GM lines, their goal was to be no more than plus minus 5 or 10 lbs of actual, based on known weights of options etc. Reality is, pretty dang close for all practical purposes. I've found them to be with in 20 lbs. That is usually multiple scale increment that I have used. I have not used a truck scale using 1 lb increments.
Those numbers are close enough for me.
Marty
