BenK wrote:
rightyouareken wrote:
BenK wrote:
1560 payload
This is based on the OEM's 'curb' weight and only has one 150lb driver
and the tow option.
Unless you have that stripper model and only weigh 150lbs, then that
1560 lb payload does NOT apply to your TV
Reference the below diagram to make sense of what I just said
The payload rating doesn't assume a 150 lb driver. The sticker says "The combined weight of occupants and cargo should never exceed..." so if he's getting this number from his sticker on the door that is amount of weight he can add to the truck as it left the factory with full fuel. Anybody in the truck, cargo, and tongue weight, must be less than that amount.
Hidden in that the payload is determined using the 'curb', which has
one 150lb driver and liquids (some full, some partial)
Ben,
IF that 1500 lb payload available IS what is on the door sticker, said truck has ALL 1500 lbs available! I have had over 5-6 NEW rigs since that sticker has come on trucks, ALL have had a gcwr less this payload equals the tare of that truck with ALL the options that truck has on it as equiped from the manufacture. There is no need to add/subtract 150 lbs for a driver! Now if someone is looking at the camper load sticker int he glove box, and that says say 1050 lbs. And the truck has 3 seat belts, the 3 x150 lbs per seat belt, plus the 1050 camper load should equal the sticker of 1500 lbs on the door jam! Which has also been true of the trucks I have had over the last 10 yrs or so with the payload sticker on the door!
Reality is, said truck will probably have less than 800-900 lbs max of payload after two people are added, and a few other odds and ends, like maps, tour guides, some drinks, food etc in the rig.
Assuming 800 lbs, max trailer would be 8000 at 10%, to as little as 3200 at 25%! so not really a lot of trailer.
Mean while, if this truck was a crew cab with 6 seats, I put my family of 6 in it, and we weigh in the 1200-1300 lbs total, add a few odds and ends, and we are ABOVE gvwr, so my tow capacity would be nothing! ZILCH! NADA! SQUAT! as I already have the springs squatted as much as they would like to be!
The as stated by many, what is comfortable, will depend! Then again, my 96 crew cab had a gcwr of 12500, I had no issues with it running down the road at 16K with family and TT in tow, or my equipment trailer that weighed in at 10K lbs, with some other asst goodies in the bed too! I was usually at 9K-9500 lbs gvwr, the trailer had 6-6500 on the axels.....no issues, in snow, dry, rain etc! YES, I did tow in the snow to local ski area's using the trailer as a weekend ski hut!
Marty
