Payload
01-16-2019, 01:34 PM
#21
F150 limiteds have a lower GVWR than their non-limited counterparts. Thats half the issue. The other half is the options.
01-16-2019, 01:41 PM
#22
Senior Member
I was talking to one of my co-workers today and he has a 2015 F-250 gas Platinum fully loaded. We got talking trucks and he has a 30 ft travel trailer I believe and the dry weight is like 8600 lbs via the specs on the internet. We got talking GVWR and payloads and he was very shocked to see that my lil F-150 only has a 350 lb less payload than his F-250. He actually used to pull this camper with a 2009 F-150. He had absolutely no clue he was that over-loaded. the look on his face was priceless. It was quite funny. Of course, he was just going off what the salesman said he could tow. This is exactly why I truly enjoy reading forums and educating people that don't know. Not to call them dumb or laugh at them, but to truly educate people that honestly have no clue.
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01-16-2019, 02:31 PM
#23
I was talking to one of my co-workers today and he has a 2015 F-250 gas Platinum fully loaded. We got talking trucks and he has a 30 ft travel trailer I believe and the dry weight is like 8600 lbs via the specs on the internet. We got talking GVWR and payloads and he was very shocked to see that my lil F-150 only has a 350 lb less payload than his F-250. He actually used to pull this camper with a 2009 F-150. He had absolutely no clue he was that over-loaded. the look on his face was priceless. It was quite funny. Of course, he was just going off what the salesman said he could tow. This is exactly why I truly enjoy reading forums and educating people that don't know. Not to call them dumb or laugh at them, but to truly educate people that honestly have no clue.
The 150 and 350 are more accurate on the yellow sticker.
Your friend could up his “payload” by 1500lbs by paying the extra registration fees. The axles will take it just fine per the white sticker.
That wouldnt be necessary though if he is just towing. If he had a diesel at 7500lbs curb weight he could pull a 15k gooseneck and stay at the 22,500 GCWR. If he wanted to pull more he would need the “high capacity tow package” which would put him at 25,700 and stronger rear axle; so like closer to 18k gooseneck.
The high capacity comes with a 17500 drop hitch too as opposed to 15,000. Thats with or without weight distribution.
I just ordered a 250 platinum fully loaded and wont be pulling past 15k gooseneck and 15k drop hitch so didnt do the high capacity axle.
Last edited by Joe Tom; 01-16-2019 at 02:42 PM.
01-16-2019, 02:39 PM
#24
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.