Towing capacity vs max cargo weight rating

spoon059 wrote:

valhalla360 wrote:
Are you sure it's not 2700lb payload?

I know there are some oddly weak payload trucks out there but it would be unusual to find a truck with a 15k 5th Wheel/Gooseneck rating and only 1700lb payload.

Is it some kind of gorped up harley edition where they added 500lb of bling eating up a lot of the payload?

Not saying it would be impossible but a good chance you misread something.

That was my thought as well. What is the point of a "Heavy Duty" truck with 1700 lbs of payload? And how do you make a F250 weigh 8300 lbs empty??? Must be a lot of Harley Davidson and Powerstroke stickers to weigh that much...

I kind of agree on payload number??? However, there were many 250 diesel trucks 2011 and newer with a payload just under 2K. Some were even SRW 350s with artificial 10K GVWR sticker, which also showed sub 2K payload.

I thought most understood the 250-350 difference. Until more recent years, an extra spring, and the infamous stickers, was the only difference, if diesel. Certainly if you compare class 2 10K to class 3 11.5K GVWR, a 1,500 lbs of additional payload appears, but truck is same. Many 250s already had the extra spring. If not, add it, or bags, and GTG.

I hate to quote Grit Dog, lol, but "many are overthinking this"

Jerry