Why do you still call it a "half ton"?
We have all heard and used the terms "half ton", "three-quarter ton", or "one ton" before. In fact these terms are tossed around here on a daily basis without even thinking about. But why? Most...
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Powerdude wrote:
The old designations still apply.
Why do I say that?
The manufacturers rate their payload with a 150lb driver in one seat, half a tank of gas, and a low-optioned model.
If you fill every seating position with a burly 200 lbs dude, fill up the gas tank, throw another 200 lbs of tools and junk in the bed, add some options, then what you have left is half a ton.
Even a regular cab which lists 2000 lbs as a payload, will be down to somewhere around half a ton of payload available, if you seat 3 people across the regular cab seat.
For an extended cab, or crew cab with 5-6 seating positions, same rule applies. Even if the thing lists at 2200 lbs payload, subtract 1200 from that, you have a half a ton left.
Simple.
By your logic the old"half tons" would actually be called "zero tons" since they started at 1,000 lbs payload and if you added all this passenger weight you are talking about then it would leave you with zero payload on the old trucks.
How does your theory work with an F150 HD regular cab that has 3,240 lbs of payload?
