ANY and ALL options reduce payload based on a base rig. I have 3800 lbs of payload in my C2500 reg cab. If I go to an ext cab, I lost 400 lbs of payload. Crew an additional 300 lbs. Power windows, 30 lbs per window. Cruise control is 2 lbs, Diesel engine is 800-1200 lbs depending upon brand. BB vs a SB or V6 vs a V8 gas, an additional 200-400 lbs of payload is lost. Leather pkg is 400-800 lbs depending upon the cab type......
Question becomes, if you are going to go by door sticker warranty numbers. You need to figure out the bare bones tare wt of a given truck you want, add in extra's, figure out if this is enough payload for you, spouse, Mr Winston the super dog! 4 adult teenage kids as I had. Rack, cross bed tool box, canoe etc. 700-800 lbs of hitch wt for a 7000 lb trailer.....low and behold, I needed a sw 1 ton Crew cab to have the 3000 lbs of payload I needed to haul everybody around.
You also do not under stand actual legal gross weights. I've been pulled over too many times above and beyond manufactures limits to keep track. I have yet to get an overweight ticket. As my "PAID" for license has been higher than I weighed. You get up to 500 lbs per inch width of tire, or 20K lbs max per axel. Being overweight is not a moving violation, so it does not get reported to licensing dept, insurance etc. With this said......
WHERE YOU WILL get in trouble, if truly at an unsafe weight per say, is a field test to see if your brakes work properly. If you fail this test, this goes on the driving record, insurance, you are red tagged, and can not drive down the road until you have your brakes fixed etc......This gets expensive. Or if you do not have the correct lights for the gvw, vehicle width etc you are running down the road at, again. you get red tagged, and cannot move until you fix the issues.
If you need say 3000 ls of payload, depending upon the cab style of truck, you may need a basic 25 series reg cab like I have.maybe an ext cab 25, more than likely a sw 35, same with a crew, or more likely a dw35 in a crew to get 3000 lbs per the door sticker!
Also, you have less than 25 posts since 2014 when you joined. So you have not posted much of anywhere in that time frame. Maybe read threads posts etc.
Your question has been answered multiple times. If you have more diesel vs gas questions, read the diesel vs gas thread at the top, and post question their.
Thank you
marty
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