what defines a 3/4 ton?

What he ^^^^ (Huntingdon) said.

Huntindog wrote:
A 3/4 ton truck used to have 8 lug wheels and a full floating rearend. These are signifignant things.
But the manufacturers have been marketing 1/2 tons which do NOT have those important items as having 3/4 ton capabilities.... Sadly it has gone on so long now that many do not remember, or never knew the difference.

During the early 90’s Ford made an F250 with 8 lug semi floating rear axle.

Hell, my Canyon is almost a 3/4 ton with 1,470lbs of payload on the door.

6 lug wheels on 1/2 ton and 8 lug wheels 3/4 ton.

Grit dog wrote:
GMs new > 10klb 2500 rating is a bad thing kids.
Well it’s good for the weight watchers on the Internet but bad in the real world.
For the millions that use trucks as tools, keeping 3/4 tons at 10klbs allows everyone to have a HD pickup for commercial use without the layer of regulations that come with trucks over 10k gvw by the state and federal DOTs.
The cops around here don’t go out of their way, but they do ticket people sometimes or at least mention they could when someone gets pulled over in a 1 ton and trailer and no drivers files or DOT numbers.

I think you can order them with a 10k gvwr sticker. I'm assuming same truck just different sticker for this reason?

Dan

GMs new > 10klb 2500 rating is a bad thing kids.
Well it’s good for the weight watchers on the Internet but bad in the real world.
For the millions that use trucks as tools, keeping 3/4 tons at 10klbs allows everyone to have a HD pickup for commercial use without the layer of regulations that come with trucks over 10k gvw by the state and federal DOTs.
The cops around here don’t go out of their way, but they do ticket people sometimes or at least mention they could when someone gets pulled over in a 1 ton and trailer and no drivers files or DOT numbers.

I'm gonna put a 3/4 race cam in my 3/4 ton truck.

Wasn't thinking this before, but you made me look. And consider.
My new 2019 F150 has a CCC of 1990#, so that makes it a 3/4 ton, almost a one 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.