New 3/4 CC Dmax payload cap terrible!
I'm researching tow vehicles, and I discovered that when a 2014 Silverado 2500 HD is configured w/Diesel, Crew Cab 4x4 and Long Bed, the payload capacity drops to a pitiful 2552 lbs. Which basical...
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I have two F350's, one single rear wheel and one dually. Ratings are as follows-
dually
GVWR 11,000
FGAWR 5,000
RGAWR 8,250
F+R GAWR's = 13,250
DMV registered weight is 15,000
sum of rear tire/wheel capcities is 10,000
single
GVWR 9,200
FGAWR 4,650
RGAWR 6,084
F+R GAWR's = 10,734
DMV registered weight is 10,000
sum of rear tire/wheel capacities is 7,500
I have had both of them loaded to the sum of their front and rear axle weight ratings, as well as loaded up to their GVWR's, scale-verified.
I will tell you this, on both trucks, the brakes still work fine when loaded up to the GVWR, but the brakes really SUCK when loaded up to the sum of the axle ratings. These trucks are just simply NOT designed to weigh that much.
So, even though I am entirely legal to load the trucks up to their registered weights, which I chose the limits of when I registered them, as well as load the rear axles up to the sums of the rear tire's load capacities, it is a bad idea, and a poor plan, to load them that heavy.
My next truck will be a Ford L8000, with 26,000 GVWR!
dually
GVWR 11,000
FGAWR 5,000
RGAWR 8,250
F+R GAWR's = 13,250
DMV registered weight is 15,000
sum of rear tire/wheel capcities is 10,000
single
GVWR 9,200
FGAWR 4,650
RGAWR 6,084
F+R GAWR's = 10,734
DMV registered weight is 10,000
sum of rear tire/wheel capacities is 7,500
I have had both of them loaded to the sum of their front and rear axle weight ratings, as well as loaded up to their GVWR's, scale-verified.
I will tell you this, on both trucks, the brakes still work fine when loaded up to the GVWR, but the brakes really SUCK when loaded up to the sum of the axle ratings. These trucks are just simply NOT designed to weigh that much.
So, even though I am entirely legal to load the trucks up to their registered weights, which I chose the limits of when I registered them, as well as load the rear axles up to the sums of the rear tire's load capacities, it is a bad idea, and a poor plan, to load them that heavy.
My next truck will be a Ford L8000, with 26,000 GVWR!
