Ditched the 1/2 ton.
Well after a few thousand miles towing with my Tundra I decided a 3/4 ton truck was in order. The Tundra did well, but at almost 9000 lbs trailer weight, I was about 200 lbs over the Tundra's GVWR an...
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hellfirehydra wrote:
My 4x4 Sr5 Crewmax Tundra had a payload just shy of 1400lbs so I picked up an easy 900+ lbs of payload.
There is a lot of comfort/peace of mind to me as well to know that the frame, brakes, tires, trans, axles, etc are the same as the 3500 with the 11,700 max gross weight vs my 10k. I don't need any of that additional capability, but nice to know the components are up to it.
You picked up a little more than that in real life. That 2300lbs equates to the difference between the empty scale weight of the truck and the 10kkb cap on a class 2 truck.
My ''13 & '15 F250s actually have soft enough springs that the 2k-2500lb payload is more of a real number based on the soft spring rate, but the '14 Ram 2500 Mega I had for a while wouldn't even start squatting until you dropped around 2k in the bed.
You're correct that it doesn't have the springs of a 3500 Ram under it, but it's still stout. 3500 gives about 1000lbs more real world payload for the same amount of squat.
