I just bought a 2019 XLT Screw 4x4 5.5ft bed with the max tow package. Truck has a GVWR of #7000. I can't seem to find out what the exact payload limit (when empty) is for my truck in this configuration. I looked on the door sticker and there is no payload specification, just GVWR and axle weight limits. Ford doesn't seem to have a brochure that lists the payloads for different configurations of F150. Is there something I am missing something? Is it as simple as subtracting the curb weight from the GVWR? If that is the case, other than taking it to a scale, is there anywhere that lists the curb weight for my particular truck's configuration?

 

Subtract one from the other. The curb weight should be in the manual or surely on the intarwebs.

 

Look again. The yellow sticker has your payload on it. Take a picture and post it.

 

Rick...thanks. I was looking at the wrong sticker. It was plain as day once you pointed it out. 1807lbs. So I guess that since my GVWR is 7000, my curb weight is 7000-1807 = 5193lbs.

 

Yup....mine is 7k minus 1950....curb weight 5050.

 

Now go weigh it and see what it really weighs. Everything you add pulls down your payload. Mine weighed 5800 off the lot, and weighs 6000 now after a topper and some other small stuff. leaves me at 1850 payload (7850 GVWR with the HDPP).

I pull heavy so I pay very close attention to payload and axle loads. I've had 4500 on my RAWR of 4800 more than once. Rides/tows just fine at that weight.

Mike

 

My lariat with the 5.5 ft box weighed 6,100 Lbs (CAT scales). Fuel tank was full, has a hard tonneau cover (70 Lbs?), maybe 100 Lbs of stuff, 150 Lb bush bars, plus my wife and I. (wife 155 and me 195). Trucks placarded GVWR is 7,000 Lbs. Placarded Payload is 1,462 Lbs.

Taking my box cover, 100 Lbs of stuff and 150 Lb bush bars away leaves a weight of 5,780 Lbs curb weight with full fuel and wife and I. This means a max payload of 1,220 Lbs. The lesson for me is that the placarded payloads are "optimistic" or I have to leave my wife behind. Thus the F150 really is a half tonne truck.

 

Your truck weighed 6,100 pounds with a cover (maybe 70 pounds), maybe 100 pounds of stuff, and 150 lbs of bush bars, plus 350 pounds of people. Payload is 1,462. With a GVWR of 7,000, subtract 1,462 and the truck should weigh 5,538. Your truck weighed 6,100 pounds, a difference of 562 pounds. Subtract 350 pounds of people, and you are left with 212 pounds. You feel that because you think you have 320 pounds instead of 212 pounds of add-ons, something is off.

How to explain the 108 pound difference? Your estimates for the 70 and 100 are off is one option. Another is that your weight estimates for you and your wife were off somewhat. And lastly, the truck's is not weighed at the plant, it's computed weight based on options.

 

Really that all depends on options/configuration.

 

The door sticker for payload includes a full tank of fuel and all fluids. Ford defines payload as "the combined weight of cargo and passengers that your vehicle is carrying." Fuel and fluids are not part of your "cargo." They are a part of the curb weight.

Like others have said, getting your truck weighed is the best way to get the most accurate curb weight. You then subtract your curb weight from your GVWR. That will give you the real world payload limit.