2017 F-150HD or F-250?
I tow an Attitude 27CBG toy hauler. GWVR is 9900, tongue @ 15% of max is 1485. Real world is more like 8500 max for me and about 1100 tongue. I'm putting 4500-ish on the rear axle of the current tow r...
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burningman wrote:
I'd just like to be clear, that new F150HD you got is super nice truck I'd be proud to own and I'm sure it's going to pull your trailer fine.
I'm only pointing out that people who look at 2 and 3 series trucks and are surprised by the small payload are being mislead. Those trucks and their axle capacities are under-rated by the manufacturers for whatever reasons. Theyre MUCH more capable than 1 series, except for the 1500HD Chevy made that was literally a 2500 with 1500 emblems.
Not everyone needs that.
The reason is simple. Class 2 trucks, especially diesels, have artificially low payload ratings because the class max GVWR is 10k lbs. Good example is my truck with a payload rating around 2200 or 2300 lbs based on the 10k lb GVWR, but I've got 12,500 lbs of combined axle rating.
The payload and axle figures are a lot closer to one another on class 3 trucks because they aren't constrained to a max 10k lb GVWR.
