what defines a 3/4 ton?

ShinerBock wrote:
Manufacturers use the terms externally with customers because most are ignorant to the vehicle class system and would not know what the term class 2B means, and even if you told them what it means they will likely still use the term 3/4 ton because most are resistant to change. They would rather keep doing what they always do even though it is incorrect instead of changing to what is correct.

I don’t think it’s just a matter of people not changing. While describing these truck by their class 2B, etc. accurately represents their GVWR it doesn’t tell you what model you have and that’s what people usually want to know. Depending upon the year, “3/4 ton” trucks have been in different classes.

You might argue that the class alone is misleading as it doesn’t take curb weight into account. As trucks have gotten heavier and heavier I don’t know if their cargo carrying capacity has really gone up that much (maybe more so in the most recent years). In the end, a “1 ton” will probably have more cargo carrying capacity than a “3/4 ton”.

I also suspect the if Ford called their trucks F2500/F3500 people may well just use 2500 and 3500 series to describe them all. Some already use 250/2500. Everyone knows that “1/2 ton” is 150/1500, “3/4 ton” is 250/2500, etc.