F-150 1/2ton. How much can I really load in it?
09-12-2013, 04:44 PM
#12
Former Powerstroker
1 ton/2000 lbs is more payload than ur truck is rated for. Actually more than a F250 crewcab is rated for.
Can it be done? Sure. Will you damage something by loading 500-1000lbs more than the payload rating? Maybe.
I would look to your tires/shocks as the weak links. Look at ur tire ratings and take into account they are already holding up the back half of the truck and think it over.
Also if ur in an accident and the fuzz/insurance co noticed an extra 1,000 lbs in the bed (brakes will only slow/stop what's rated safely) then it could open up another can of worms.
Rent a trailer for the day and load it all up at once and no worries.
Can it be done? Sure. Will you damage something by loading 500-1000lbs more than the payload rating? Maybe.
I would look to your tires/shocks as the weak links. Look at ur tire ratings and take into account they are already holding up the back half of the truck and think it over.
Also if ur in an accident and the fuzz/insurance co noticed an extra 1,000 lbs in the bed (brakes will only slow/stop what's rated safely) then it could open up another can of worms.
Rent a trailer for the day and load it all up at once and no worries.
09-12-2013, 04:46 PM
#13
0.9% is for suckers!
Example: my 2012 F250 crew diesel 4x4 has GVWR of 10,000lbs. The truck weighs 8400 with nobody or anything in it. I'm not a doctor or anything, but that doesn't leave you with 4,000lbs.
Last edited by HoustonRider; 09-12-2013 at 04:48 PM.
09-12-2013, 05:22 PM
#14
Senior Member
Think the diesel doesn't make sense except in a 350. You look at the published payloads for a 250 and they're all for the 6.2L gasser. The diesel is considered an "option", and a very heavy one. It will chop the payload by 500-600#.
09-12-2013, 07:48 PM
#15
Canuck with a truck
So a f250 crew cab diesel only has a 1600 lbs payload. If so thats pretty said since a f150 has that kind of payload numbers.
09-12-2013, 08:21 PM
#16
0.9% is for suckers!
09-17-2013, 05:07 PM
#18
The F250's GVWR number is downgraded from its true capabilities in order to help meet state regulations on maximum weight. For the F250 at least I view it as a paper restriction, not a true measure of its carrying capability.
09-18-2013, 08:16 AM
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My door sticker read something like 1666 lbs or there about. the skid of stone was 3288 lbs so I loaded about 1/2 of it on, took it home then went back for the rest. put the skid in the bed over the axle and it was like there was nothing in the truck. I think I've had more weight that 1500lbs in it by the way it sat. I made a few trips getting fire wood, I cut down a huge red oak tree and cut and split it up then hauled it home in like 6 loads...with the bed as full as possible and that was Heavy! lol anyhow...the next two skits and stone and sand are being delivered...lol 
09-18-2013, 09:57 AM
#20
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