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Some where out there I saw a list of all the options available on the f150 and how much each one weighs.
Dont quote me, but the sunroof was like 80 lbs, sprayed in bed liner was 50 lbs, the tubular running boards was like 25 lbs, Leather seats something like 5lbs add heated seated is an additional 2 lbs for example.
So if you load up and the options and accessories that are cool to have, it really cuts into the payload number big time.
Dont quote me, but the sunroof was like 80 lbs, sprayed in bed liner was 50 lbs, the tubular running boards was like 25 lbs, Leather seats something like 5lbs add heated seated is an additional 2 lbs for example.
So if you load up and the options and accessories that are cool to have, it really cuts into the payload number big time.
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Well, if you got to a point of paying all that extra money for a truck, evidently you bought it for the image of having a truck, the looks, sitting high, and hauling mulch and groceries, and not for actually hauling and towing anything above the capabilities of a RAV 4.
You might want to focus on why you got the truck in the first place, and contain any ambitious thoughts of towing. Just refocus on why you purchase the truck, and ignore trying to use it like others are using theirs... you would only get disappointed.
I'm the least truck guy you would probably ever meet, and like a good power drill, I only like them for what they can do, and have little use for one for anything else, but like I use to tell my friends, when you see me in a truck, look behind it...it's gonna be something big.
My chronically distracted driving girlfriend is absolutely crazy about my truck, and think I'm wasting my money because I drive my old Honda as my daily driver over the truck. I asked her why she like my truck so much, and she said she like sitting high...and it's cute!!
She couldn't care less about payload, rear end, torque, 10 speed, LT tires, etc...only that it's cute.
She would have purchased your truck for the same reason you did.
You might want to focus on why you got the truck in the first place, and contain any ambitious thoughts of towing. Just refocus on why you purchase the truck, and ignore trying to use it like others are using theirs... you would only get disappointed.
I'm the least truck guy you would probably ever meet, and like a good power drill, I only like them for what they can do, and have little use for one for anything else, but like I use to tell my friends, when you see me in a truck, look behind it...it's gonna be something big.
My chronically distracted driving girlfriend is absolutely crazy about my truck, and think I'm wasting my money because I drive my old Honda as my daily driver over the truck. I asked her why she like my truck so much, and she said she like sitting high...and it's cute!!
She couldn't care less about payload, rear end, torque, 10 speed, LT tires, etc...only that it's cute.
She would have purchased your truck for the same reason you did.
Eh, the truck in the OP will do plenty and probably all most people need. It would work fine for me and I own a construction company. It just has a lot of high dollar options and honestly even with “high dollar” options they arent that expensive overall to a lot of people.
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Eh, the truck in the OP will do plenty and probably all most people need. It would work fine for me and I own a construction company. It just has a lot of high dollar options and honestly even with “high dollar” options they arent that expensive overall to a lot of people.
That truck will absolutely be plenty of truck for most people, and like I said, as long as he doesn't get too ambitious with towing anything with significant tongue weight, especially travel trailers, it will serve him well.
And like most of my friends and my girlfriend, they couldn't care less about towing much of anything, or hauling anything heavy, so a light payload capacity isn't an issue.
People buy trucks for various reasons, and having a huge payload isn't a consideration.
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The problem arises when those that both don't care about their payload AND have no understanding of payload go and buy that too-heavy travel trailer, hook it up with a improperly setup WDH, and drive down the road at speeds over the rating of the trailer tires.
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