OK, all you truck wonks...

4x4ord wrote:

Bedlam wrote:

DaveF-250SD wrote:
4x4ord,

Iagree that the helper leaf should be standard on all 3/4 ton trucks. Both of my trucks are 3/4 ton, and both have a payload greater than 2,700 lbs. I am planning on installing the factory overload leaf on my Ford. I do not believe the 3/4 ton truck should be eliminated,( I have two, and that would leave me truckless ) but do think the diesel option should only be offered on the one ton trucks. The engines are much heavier than the large displacement gas engines, and that directly reduces payload by 5-600 lbs. in most trucks.

What's funny is that you can order the camper package on the F250 and get the upper overload spring, stabilizer bar and heavier front springs, yet your GVWR remains the same. FWIW: My 2005 F250 4wd had a GVWR of 9800 lbs and weighed 7250 lbs with the 6.0 PSD and 5R110 transmission. I had no issue running my "stealth F350" with F250 badges and door tags - You just have to know how to option them.

It makes it hard to have much respect for the pick up truck manufacturer's weight ratings when there seems to be no reason behind them. Personally I have come to ignore them.