Dont get excited on the HD Payload. It is worse than it was before in terms of the truck you can get it on.
I like loaded trucks, 2014 and earler, a lariat LOADED could get the HD Payload. Not anymore. The minute you select ANYTHING above a stripped Lariat... and I mean STRIPPED, the HD Payload Package cannot be ordered.
I need payoad for my trailer, but as a daily driver, I'd like better economy and a beter ride. The F150 woudl be perfect with the HD Payload, but I will not go stripped,and besides, a loaded Lariat with all the bells and whistles is almost $65,000. A loaded F350 with a gasser is barely $60,000. Granted, some of the new F150 options are sweet, but not for that kind of money. It really irritates me to find that Ford has their own Ideas of what kind of trim level truck you can haul with. If I am spending $65,000, it better haul what I want in luxury, or I dont need it.