Fifty percent more payload in a F-150
I picked up 2017 F-150 Supercab with the 5.0 Liter engine last month. No tow package, no suspension upgrades. 2,312 pounds of Payload on the yellow sticker which is fifty percent more than most of th...
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TomG2 wrote:
I am not comparing my F-150 to a F-250. I have owned both, and many more. I do think my new truck will haul 1,500 pounds of gravel home from the quarry better than my last F-150 that was rated 700 pounds less. If I was going to make that run every day, I would get a F-350. Or use the tandem dump truck and only do it once a week. Everything is relative.
Apologies if there was any misunderstanding. It is clear that you (and others here) place these vehicles in very different categories.
I was referring to how similar payload/tow numbers can be between a 1/2 and 3/4 ton.
For the casual observer, just looking at the payload numbers between the two, they would seem more similar on paper than in reality.
Hence my own confusion as to how these numbers are really calculated.
