F150 heavy duty payload

lbrjet wrote:

brulaz wrote:

lbrjet wrote:

brulaz wrote:

Atlee wrote:
My 2014 F150 XLT Supercab 4x4 with Ecoboost and MaxTow and the HD package has a payload of 2,286#.

The longer length and 4x4 takes a toll on the cargo capacity.

And you don't have the Al body.

GVWR lowered to 7800 on Al body trucks.

True, but that's only a 400# reduction in GVWR from the old 8200#.
And they're claiming a 700# weight reduction with the Al body, for SCrew trucks anyway. So maybe a 300# payload improvement for SCrew in 2015 and above?

700 lbs is the best case scenario, kind of like the brochure payload which never happens. Probably on the 8 foot regular cab. I'm sure most trucks aren't seeing a 700 lb reduction. Everyone expected higher Ford payloads with the lighter trucks, but the lowering of the GVWR's pretty much took care of that. I would guess maybe a hundred higher on average.

One of the 2016 standard payload trucks I looked at was very close to options that my truck has. It did only have the puny little 23 gallon gas tank though. It's tread act payload sticker weight was 1966 lbs. with a 7000 lbs GVWR. That truck weighs 5,034 lbs. My truck weighs 5768 lbs (7350 lbs GVWR - 1582 lbs tread act payload sticker weight). So that 2016 weighs 734 lbs less than my truck but my truck has a heavier 36 gallon gas tank.

If it had the 36 gallon tank, take an additional 150 lbs away for the additional 13 gallons of gas and the additional weight of the larger tank. So I'd say about 1816 lbs for payload with a 36 gallon gas tank. This payload is right at the payload that the Max Tow package trucks from the previous generation had. That also brings the weight difference down to 584 lbs from the previous generation, which is still a pretty significant weight difference.

Seems that Ford just gave all trucks the upgraded payload while the Max Tow doesn't offer an upgraded GVWR now, just greater towing capacity with the hardware to make it possible.