Payload capacity on yellow door sticker
04-15-2019, 06:43 PM
#21
Official HTT Greeter
I would just like to point out that the carrying capacity on the yellow sticker is NOT a design rating. It's a guideline calculated from the GVWR and the options list for the truck.
If you are going to be loading or towing your truck anywhere near the amounts listed for it. Visit a CAT scale BEFORE loading it up and see what your actual weight is with you and anything/anyone you will have when towing.
The important ratings are:
GVWR (Weight under the 4 vehicle tires)
GCWR (Weight under the vehicle tires and trailer tires)
GFAWR (Weight under the Front vehicle tires)
GRAWR (Weight under the Rear vehicle tires)
Your scale weights relationship to these will change when loaded and as the WDH is adjusted (Except for GCWR, WDH doesn't affect that)
The next numbers to check are the hitch ratings, individual tire load ratings, lengths, and front surface area
If you are going to be loading or towing your truck anywhere near the amounts listed for it. Visit a CAT scale BEFORE loading it up and see what your actual weight is with you and anything/anyone you will have when towing.
The important ratings are:
GVWR (Weight under the 4 vehicle tires)
GCWR (Weight under the vehicle tires and trailer tires)
GFAWR (Weight under the Front vehicle tires)
GRAWR (Weight under the Rear vehicle tires)
Your scale weights relationship to these will change when loaded and as the WDH is adjusted (Except for GCWR, WDH doesn't affect that)
The next numbers to check are the hitch ratings, individual tire load ratings, lengths, and front surface area
Last edited by SixShooter14; 04-16-2019 at 01:06 AM. Reason: Better wording
04-15-2019, 11:06 PM
#22
Senior Member
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The important ratings are:
GVWR (Weight under the 4 vehicle tires)
GCWR (Weight under the vehicle tires and trailer tires)
GFAWR (Weight under the Front vehicle tires)
GRAWR (Weight under the Rear vehicle tires)
All 4 of these will change when loaded and as the WDH is adjusted (Except for GCWR, WDH doesn't affect that)
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The important ratings are:
GVWR (Weight under the 4 vehicle tires)
GCWR (Weight under the vehicle tires and trailer tires)
GFAWR (Weight under the Front vehicle tires)
GRAWR (Weight under the Rear vehicle tires)
All 4 of these will change when loaded and as the WDH is adjusted (Except for GCWR, WDH doesn't affect that)
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When weighing your truck and/or trailer, the scale results can change depending on how the vehicle is load and the scale readings should never exceed these Gross Ratings.....Doing so would show that component rating of your truck is overloaded. Your Payload Capacity changes by calculating the GVWR - Vehicle's Actual Scale Weight.
Example:
My F250 has a yellow sticker rating of 2,766 with a GVWR of 10,000. So, my truck should weigh 10,000 - 2,766 = 7,234. And, it probably did rolling off the factory line; however, adding floormats, a tonneau cover, spray in bedliner, (truck nuts....you get the idea) reduces that 2,766 because it adds weight to the truck and reduces how much more you can put in.
Rolling over the scale with my truck, a full tank of fuel, my family, bed loaded with gear and travel trailer connected with the WDH, the front axle weighs 4,300 (rated to 4,800) and the rear axle weighs 4,650 (rated at 6,100). Travel trailers axles weighed 6,600 (rated at 7,000)
10,000 - 4,300 - 4,650 = 1,050 remaining payload capacity in the truck
7,000 - 6,600 = 400 remaining cargo capacity in the trailer
Last edited by clarkbre; 04-15-2019 at 11:32 PM.
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04-16-2019, 01:07 AM
#23
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To further clarify (and pick apart the English language), the above are all Gross Weight Ratings which do not change but aremaximum operating weight/mass ratings. These numbers are maximums listed by the manufacturer to ensure safe operation of the vehicle.
When weighing your truck and/or trailer, the scale results can change depending on how the vehicle is load and the scale readings should never exceed these Gross Ratings.....Doing so would show that component rating of your truck is overloaded. Your Payload Capacity changes by calculating the GVWR - Vehicle's Actual Scale Weight.
Example:
My F250 has a yellow sticker rating of 2,766 with a GVWR of 10,000. So, my truck should weigh 10,000 - 2,766 = 7,234. And, it probably did rolling off the factory line; however, adding floormats, a tonneau cover, spray in bedliner, (truck nuts....you get the idea) reduces that 2,766 because it adds weight to the truck and reduces how much more you can put in.
Rolling over the scale with my truck, a full tank of fuel, my family, bed loaded with gear and travel trailer connected with the WDH, the front axle weighs 4,300 (rated to 4,800) and the rear axle weighs 4,650 (rated at 6,100). Travel trailers axles weighed 6,600 (rated at 7,000)
10,000 - 4,300 - 4,650 = 1,050 remaining payload capacity in the truck
7,000 - 6,600 = 400 remaining cargo capacity in the trailer
When weighing your truck and/or trailer, the scale results can change depending on how the vehicle is load and the scale readings should never exceed these Gross Ratings.....Doing so would show that component rating of your truck is overloaded. Your Payload Capacity changes by calculating the GVWR - Vehicle's Actual Scale Weight.
Example:
My F250 has a yellow sticker rating of 2,766 with a GVWR of 10,000. So, my truck should weigh 10,000 - 2,766 = 7,234. And, it probably did rolling off the factory line; however, adding floormats, a tonneau cover, spray in bedliner, (truck nuts....you get the idea) reduces that 2,766 because it adds weight to the truck and reduces how much more you can put in.
Rolling over the scale with my truck, a full tank of fuel, my family, bed loaded with gear and travel trailer connected with the WDH, the front axle weighs 4,300 (rated to 4,800) and the rear axle weighs 4,650 (rated at 6,100). Travel trailers axles weighed 6,600 (rated at 7,000)
10,000 - 4,300 - 4,650 = 1,050 remaining payload capacity in the truck
7,000 - 6,600 = 400 remaining cargo capacity in the trailer
04-16-2019, 08:36 AM
#24
I scaled my truck when I first got it, only thing it had in it were the Husky floor liners, but the factory mats were removed so that is a wash. After subtracting my weight and compensating for the few missing gallons of fuel, the payload was spot on when scale weight was subtracted from GVWR. That payload is the truck, as it sits from the factory with a full tank of fuel, no bodies in it, AKA Curb Weight.
