Are You Buying All These Half-ton Claims?
"All-New F-150 Can Tow a Ram, a Silverado & Haul Two Hondas" Tows 12,200, claimed. (Ford Truck Enthusiasts) I guess we can soon do away with our 3/4 & 1-tonners. In a couple years the capacity rac...
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DOT class 1 truck, up to 6000 lbs gvwr, ie half ton
Class 2 light duty 6001-8400 lbs. ie heavy half, light 3/4 ton, most 15 series badged trucks of today.
Heavy duty 8401-10000 lbs. IE most 3/4 or 25 series trucks, Could include a lot of 35 series badged SW trucks, and many duallys up to around 1995-2000 depending upon the brand.
Class 3 10001-14500 Most would call a 1 ton. Includes many duallies from about 2000 on forward, and some sw rigs over the last 5 yrs or so.
Class 4 14500-16500 includes a few 35 badged duallies over the last couple of years most of the 45 series trucks, but ford does have a 450 that falls into the class 3 relm. Most 35 trucks over the last 5 yrs or so, would fall into this catagory if the gvwr was GRAWR + GFAWR, not the 10-15% derate that most manufactures use.
Class 5 is 16501-19500
Class 6 is 19501 to 26K
Class 7 26001-33K
Class 8 usually over 50K gvwr, ie something with tandem rears. Altho Single rear axel rigs can be considered class 8's, if they tow trailers that put them over 50K lbs total gvwr including trailer(s) wt. I use plural on trailer, as many tow tandem/triple 20-25' box trailer upwards of 80-100K lbs
Shall we look at the numbers this way?!?! then in reality, there is no such thing as a half ton today! unless you are buying a really small pickup. Even my sons toyota tacoma with a 4 bangers has a gvwr just over 6000 lbs, licensed at 8K lbs......so a dot class 2 truck it is!
Marty
Class 2 light duty 6001-8400 lbs. ie heavy half, light 3/4 ton, most 15 series badged trucks of today.
Heavy duty 8401-10000 lbs. IE most 3/4 or 25 series trucks, Could include a lot of 35 series badged SW trucks, and many duallys up to around 1995-2000 depending upon the brand.
Class 3 10001-14500 Most would call a 1 ton. Includes many duallies from about 2000 on forward, and some sw rigs over the last 5 yrs or so.
Class 4 14500-16500 includes a few 35 badged duallies over the last couple of years most of the 45 series trucks, but ford does have a 450 that falls into the class 3 relm. Most 35 trucks over the last 5 yrs or so, would fall into this catagory if the gvwr was GRAWR + GFAWR, not the 10-15% derate that most manufactures use.
Class 5 is 16501-19500
Class 6 is 19501 to 26K
Class 7 26001-33K
Class 8 usually over 50K gvwr, ie something with tandem rears. Altho Single rear axel rigs can be considered class 8's, if they tow trailers that put them over 50K lbs total gvwr including trailer(s) wt. I use plural on trailer, as many tow tandem/triple 20-25' box trailer upwards of 80-100K lbs
Shall we look at the numbers this way?!?! then in reality, there is no such thing as a half ton today! unless you are buying a really small pickup. Even my sons toyota tacoma with a 4 bangers has a gvwr just over 6000 lbs, licensed at 8K lbs......so a dot class 2 truck it is!
Marty
