Just curious mostly.Did you weigh your truck empty and verify the payload sticker was accurate?Thanks!Jeremiah

Yes, although I don't tow with a truck. I also weigh both the trailer & tongue weight before each trip.

According to the scales at the transfer station, my truck is about 400lbs heavier than that sticker. It's pretty old though, and we all know the older you get the easier it is to put on a little weight. :)

Because of federal requirements established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology certified CAT scales will be accurate when weighing.Transfer stations, graineries, gravel pits, dumps etc. scales can be close or 500 lbs off.Use a CAT scale.Actual scaled weight subtracted from GVWR--------actual cargo capacity/payload regardless of any stickerI weighed my truck 'camp ready' to get actual available payload and then weighed truck/trailer every year

I did.2015 GMC 2500HD Diesel 4x4 Z71 Dbl cab, 6.6ft bed. At delivery I had dealer add flip over gooseneck, 3step Nerf tubes and a 4panel fold a cover bed topper. I took the door sticker payload and subtracted the net shipping weights for each item and I subtracted the combined driver and passenger weight. Then the wife and I filled up and went to a nearby CAT scale. The GVWR for the truck is 10000. Subtracting the Total CAT weight from 10000 yielded a payload net of junk I may hall. That CAT derived number was within 10 pounds of the method using sticker and adds calc. Basically, sticker is accurate. My net payload I can use to haul junk and 5er pin weight is 2230#.

My 2004 F-250 Super Cab short bed 4x4 predates the stickers that have the payload capacity listed on them. I weighed it, and it is 6,100 lbs., leaving me 2,700 lbs. of payload to reach my 8,800 lb. GVWR. Ironically, my '77 Chevrolet C-20 pickup has a 2,900 lb. payload capacity. Not being a 4x4 helps some with giving it a higher capacity, along with it having a much lower curb weight. The Scottsdale has a lower tow rating than the Ford, of course. It is a factory Trailering Special (15,000 GCVW), which leaves it with a 10,400 lb. towing capacity, including me and anything else not bolted to the truck. :B

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jerem0621
Explorer II
Dec 24, 2014
RWDIII wrote:
just weighed my new 2015 F250,within 20lbs

:)

Nice truck!
RWDIII
Explorer
Dec 23, 2014
just weighed my new 2015 F250,within 20lbs

:)
Buck50HD
Explorer
Dec 08, 2014
Both my F150HD and current F250 were right on. I didn't actually weigh them at "curb" but by subtracting the few things inside it (me, 5th hitch and tonneau cover) the curb weight suggested by the sticker was accurate. Both were done with a full tank of gas.
MitchF150
Explorer III
Dec 08, 2014
We had truck scales at home growing up and if you sell anything they have to be certified. The NIST says within 1/2 of the unit on the scales. Ours had 10 lb marks so it had to be within 5 lb.

I've got a scale my Grandpa had in his nursery to weigh grass seed that was probably last used in the late 70's and it's max weight is 5 lbs and he had to have it certified by the state of CA Weights and Standards.. I've got it on display in my house and it has many stickers placed over top of the other on it... I remember that scale being in the nursery for as long as I can remember (he opened the nursery in the mid 50's) :)

I think the CAT scales only weight in 20lb increments, so I guess that's as close as they need to be??

Anyway, I never did weigh my new truck "empty", but I weighed it once on a closed DOT hwy scale that they weigh commercial vehicles on and even loaded for bear with my TT all hitched up and all the junk I haul, I was still #600 under the GVWR of the truck...

Yes, I would still like to get an actual "empty" weight of the truck, but my registered "scale weight" is #5416.. But my payload sticker says #1920 from a GVWR of #7700. So that comes in at #5780..

So that's #364 difference and I'll bet that's the difference between a plain jane "XL" and my "XLT" with MAX TOW??

I just wish I had more than a #4050 rear axle weight rating... ;) As I was only #400 from that when I got that actual weight on that DOT hwy scale.. :(

Mitch
goducks10
Explorer
Dec 07, 2014
I've weighed mine and it was pretty close, but I use the RAWR anyway so I'm not too concerned.
Raften
Explorer
Dec 07, 2014
Every time I load my TC.
lbrjet
Explorer
Dec 06, 2014
I stopped at the CAT scale on the way home after picking up my new truck 5 years ago. The payload sticker of 2660 way spot on.
blt2ski
Moderator
Dec 06, 2014
brulaz wrote:
Have weighed my truck several times, and as best I can tell after accounting for what's been added to the truck since factory, the payload sticker is correct.

IIRC, that 150# driver BenK is referring to is used in tow capacity and GCWR(?). But not payload (or curb weight or GVWR).

Correct, along with the camper load will be the total payload less # of seatbelts times 150 lbs to get the camper load. So for my 2000 C2500, 3700 less 450 lbs or 3250 lbs of camper.

Marty
brulaz
Explorer
Dec 06, 2014
Have weighed my truck several times, and as best I can tell after accounting for what's been added to the truck since factory, the payload sticker is correct.

IIRC, that 150# driver BenK is referring to is used in tow capacity and GCWR(?). But not payload (or curb weight or GVWR).
kaydeejay
Explorer
Dec 06, 2014
BenK wrote:
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I say it is based on the curb and no options with one 150lb driver.

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Gonna disagree with you Ben! Until I retired from GM that was one of the labels I was responsible for.
Effective 2005 model year "The combined weight of occupants and Cargo should not exceed XXXX" (aka "Payload") number was calculated for EACH vehicle "as built", but empty, and was supposed to be accurate within 10#.