Huge discrepancies
We have been looking at F-150s. Each time we find one that looks like a likely candidate, we call the dealership and ask about it, including the payload capacity. Four out of four people have given ...
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cekkk wrote:
While this has been, emphasis on "has", has been an interesting thread, I'd offer this input. When looking to the truck's manufacturer for accurate and truthful numbers, they are not above marketing a light truck for its ability to pull the Space Shuttle. :R
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On a recent Gold Rush TV show episode, Dave Turin pulled a humongous wash plant out of a river that it was stuck in with his 4WD pickup, which I'm pretty sure was a Dodge. Probably just a 1/2 T too. It's not just space shuttles these things can tow. What happened to the ads where they dropped a 10 ton boulder out of the sky into the bed of a pickup? :R
The OP may have been talking about 1/2 ton trucks but I'd like to know - can you really trust the payload sticker on your pickup whether it's a 1/2, 3/4 or 1 ton? Some say the sticker figure is an accurate figure and is a legal requirement but as we have found, it's not even close and I know others have found the same thing. (And then there's some that say ratings don't matter at all anyway.) What about someone who has researched pickups to death before buying, then finds that the actual payload capacity is a lot less than what they were lead to believe? Maybe this is a lot less likely to happen with the new SAE requirement? Why even buy a 3/4 or 1 ton when you can get a 2015 F150 with it's huge 3300 lb payload cap?
