Not too bad specs for a "half ton"..

Mitch, I agree with the post above. You should have done a farewell post on your ol' F-150 with a few pics. I like to read high mileage old trucks stories.

As impressive as the new truck is Mitch, what stands out in your post is the 255,000 miles on the old one!! :C You sure got your $ worth out of it. Wishing you the same with your new one!

jerem0621 wrote:
Another interesting fact is that the tires are rated for 2409lbs per tire, so the RAWR of 4050 lbs is 768 lbs below the tire ratings. Looks like Ford is putting firm backing behind the axle ratings by putting them so close to the GVWR.

Great observation Russ...

thanks!

Jeremiah

Ford knows their required by fed 571 FMVSS which says;
" When a passenger car tire is installed on a multipurpose passenger vehicle, truck, bus, or trailer, the tire's load rating shall be reduced by dividing by 1.10 before calculating the sum (i.e., the sum of the load ratings of the tires on each axle,".
Even derating per the FMVSS the tire still has plenty of capacity for a 4050 axle rating.

The OP has a very capable truck for its size and is one of the new gen 1/2 to and 3/4 ton and one ton SRW trucks with the GVWR real close to the sum of the axle ratings.

Congrats Mitch! I thought you'd never buy a new truck. ;)

You know that new truck weighs 2500 pounds more than that old '71!

MitchF150 wrote:

No doubt a nice looking truck, a few more pictures would be nice

I had posted some initial pics in a different post.. Didn't want to appear to be too "showie offie" in another post, other than sharing the stickers.. ;) pics

I never really thought about the total of the axle weights.. It would appear that it weighs around #5780 so I guess until I can get some individual axle weights, that will tell the real story..

Considering the old 97 was only #6250 GVWR and had a #3200 rear GAWR, I'm still ahead of the game! :)

Mitch

Very nice! I had a 1964 Mercury Comet 2 door Hard top with a HiPo 289 that was a very similar shade of metallic green. Love that color, and the looks of the current F150.

No doubt a nice looking truck, a few more pictures would be nice

I had posted some initial pics in a different post.. Didn't want to appear to be too "showie offie" in another post, other than sharing the stickers.. ;) pics

I never really thought about the total of the axle weights.. It would appear that it weighs around #5780 so I guess until I can get some individual axle weights, that will tell the real story..

Considering the old 97 was only #6250 GVWR and had a #3200 rear GAWR, I'm still ahead of the game! :)

Mitch

My MDT has 5920 on 6K axel up front! along with 5700 on a 15500 ra! I have yet to overload to often the FA, the rear on the other hand......weighed in at 22K one time. Did not like that too much, as that would have been a 2000 lb overload ticket!

My point, having the GVWR that is LOWER than the totals of the axels is bogus! major bogus actually. It is up to me to know how to balance the rig out, such that I am under ratings, or legal axel loades if they are like here in Wa st! Door placard means squat, but paid for license does. So with this rig being at 98% or what ever you said it is, great. I had an 89 Astro van that was 6100 gvwr, FA and RA were both rated to 3100, or 6200 total. So still reasonably close. Where as my dually is like your dodge, 15-20% below the totals. TOTAL bogus! If you are at max grawr, you are above gvwr! not cool in my book.

Then again, I had a 14K gvwr license on my 05 dually that is 11400 gvwr, 13300 total axels. My 96 sw CC had a 12K plate, with a 9200 gvwr and 11K total axels or there abouts. now that I think about it, the mdt is 26K plate, 18200 due to tires, been pulled over at 27K, no overwt ticket......life goes on!

marty

I had a 2000 F-150 XLT 7700.........14 yrs later they finally get back to it :S

rhagfo wrote:
Blt2ski, I guess my point is that if that truck is an EB with the Aluminum 3.5 engine doubt that as it rolls off the line it is close to 3,750# on the front axle. I have an iron Cummins on a 5,200# axle and only run the front at about 4,700# to 4,800# with a Dana 60 front axle (I carry a lot of iron up front). unless they can get at least 3,650# on the front axle, they can't use the full 7,700# of GVWR without exceeding the GVWR!

I came awfully close on a 2010 F150 5.4. 7650 GVW, 4050 RAWR. Loaded up I was at 7600 GVW and 4000 RAWR. I'm sure the 5.4 was the clincher.

Blt2ski, I guess my point is that if that truck is an EB with the Aluminum 3.5 engine doubt that as it rolls off the line it is close to 3,750# on the front axle. I have an iron Cummins on a 5,200# axle and only run the front at about 4,700# to 4,800# with a Dana 60 front axle (I carry a lot of iron up front). unless they can get at least 3,650# on the front axle, they can't use the full 7,700# of GVWR without exceeding the GVWR!