Weighed in this weekend

mkirsch wrote:

ticki2 wrote:

Butch50 wrote:


In the past the Fords were always the heaviest of the 3 or at least that has been my observation after owning all 3 brands over the years and friends weighing their rigs also. They keep raising the GVWR but they don't tell us that they raise the weight of the truck also. So you think by buying a new truck that you have increased the payload but come to find out it hardly made much difference. This happened to me when the 1999 Super Duty first came out. I bought a new dually because they raised the GVWR but when I weighed it I found out I had almost the same payload as my older truck.

I am really surprised this hasn't been mentioned more often , it's been going on for a long time . Another way to dupe the public .

???

I've never seen any truck manufacturer ADVERTISE their GVWR. I've always seen raw payload numbers, "up to XXXXlbs, when properly equipped."

Wow, You must have not looked at very many trucks

Here is the one from my 2013 Ram I just took and if you notice it shows a GVWR of 14000#.



I have had this tag on every door of every truck I have bought since my new 1972 truck and there have been many, many trucks over those years.

Take a look at Fords towing specs on Page 4 is advertised GVWR

Take a look at GM guide

Take a look at Ram Page 3 of their brochure