What do you think is the top payload rating among new one-ton trucks? All the advertising goes toward horsepower/torque and towing capacity, but what configuration is king of payload?
Around here the word is that police don't check single rear wheel trucks in commercial use. As a result a lot of people are running single rear wheel trucks when the world would be safer with them running duals. I know a guy that uses a 10 year old F250 gasser to pull a tandem dually dump trailer for his business. He frequently loads the trailer to the hilt but never gets stopped. That truck is a real testimony to the amount of abuse that Ford's 6.2 gas drivetrain can take.