ShinerBock wrote:
Nope, it is not BS. I, the manufacturer, purposely de-rated a class 7 & 8 trucks with a class 6 GVWR. Very similar to how Ford de-rates certain class 3 F350's to fit into s class 2B GVWR, how they de-rated the class 4 F450 (pick-up only) to fit into a class 3 GVWR, and how they will de-rate certain class 7 F750's to fit into a class 6 GVWR. It really does happen more than you think especially in the medium and heavy duty industry.
That’s exactly what I think was done with the 2015-2016 F450 pickups. They were in every way that mattered identical to the 2008-2010 F450’s, and could have retained the class 4 GVWR.
For reasons unknown to me, they WANTED it to be a class 3 truck. I’d bet money the reasons involved some marketing types whining about how the F450 pickup was stealing sales from the F450 cab and chassis.
In some states it may also make the truck easier to register and insure, but I didn’t have that problem.
Of course now you have the “problem” of being able to configure an F350 with a higher (on-paper) payload than the F450.
:):)