RV weights?!!!

irishtom29 wrote:

Lantley wrote:

irishtom29 wrote:
A 2017 F-150 with a regular cab and 8' box is available with 3270 pounds of payload. A crewcab with a 6.5' box is available with 2910 pounds. A crewcab with a 5.5 foot box and 4WD, which seems the most popular configuration, can have 2100 pounds of payload. These are formidable payloads.

The new 3.5 Ecoboost has 375 HP and 470 torque. Again, very formidable.

Now I challenge you to go find these vehicles on a dealers lot or anywhere else for that matter. Vehicles equipped with these payload rating are very rare.
Proclaiming the 8700 dry trailer 1/2 ton towable maybe technically correct. However the fine print should say " You will have to factory order your 1/2 ton in order to buy one rated/equipped to do the job.:S

The heavy duty payload trucks are rare. But they're available. You simply order the heavy duty payload package, no big deal, ordering vehicles isn't uncommon. And the units around 2000 pounds payload are probably common, when shopping F-150s last year I encountered many with payloads in the 1800-1900 pound range on the lots. These were regular F-150s, not ones with special payload packages.

And don't give me that head slap nonsense, as though the notion of such trucks is outlandish. What's outlandish is a refusal to accept easily verified facts, or to quibble and change goalposts when faced with facts that refute an argument.

Since ordering is such an easy process and these truck are readily available. Do you think the RV manufacturers will mention any of this in their advertising? Or do they let the newbie think any old 1/2 ton is capable without getting into the details.
The educated, experienced buyer knows the ratings and availability of the capable 1/2 tons.
It's the newbie , rookie, uninformed buyer that is being mislead.