Payload Ratings are a farce
Spent months shopping for a new Superduty, ended up ordering one that fit our criteria- XLT, Powerstroke, 3.55 rear-end, Camper package, fifth wheel, etc. We were debating back and forth between a F2...
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GM Ford and Ram all have tow guides and Ford and Ram have a camper Guide for Slide in campers. When I ordered our Ram it came in within a few pounds of what the guides said it would , 4x4, diesel ,cab size even front seats ,bench or buckets made a difference in payload and gvwr ratings on paper. The info is out there just need to find it , found GM the hardest to figure out weights with a given configuration and GM always came out with lower payloads and gvwr's, I had been a gm owner for all my past trucks but needed the maximum payload available this time around and that was the ram when each truck was configured the same.
