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Atlee wrote:
I'm surprised the truck mentioned here is that low, however, I'm not shocked. It seems like most do not consider the cost in cargo capacity the big diesel engine incurs. That diesel does eat into the CC of any truck.

That's why, if I were looking at strictly 3/4 ton trucks, I'd strongly consider a gasser. If I definitely wanted a diesel, I'd go straight to 1 ton models.

Groover wrote:
I too was shocked at the low rated cargo capacity. I had a '91 F250 that as I recall had a curb weight of 5600lbs and a gross weight of 8800lbs giving it a cargo capacity of 3200lbs. It was gas and 2wd though. I special ordered it to haul a slide in camper and wanted maximum carrying capacity. I ended up with a bigger camper than I had intended and hauled around 4000lbs on a routine basis. Other than being top heavy it did fine. 4000lbs did not quite engage the last stage of the special order factory booster springs. It was shocking how much that truck flexed when compared with the new ones. My 2016 F150 4wd has a much more rigid frame, weighs the same, 50% more hp and bigger brakes but a GVWR of only 7200lbs.

Well as new HD pickups get heaver it will soon spell the demise of the 250/2500 category, or an increase of the Max GVWR for that class.
That class has a MAX GVWR of 10,000# so the heaver/ more loaded the truck the lower the Payload of that truck. Bling up a 250/2500 diesel enough and it could have less than 1,000# payload.