10000 what does it mean why is this a package

 

well for a 250 it means you can either have a gvwr of 9900 or 10000. stupid i know. but some places will charge a greater registration for a 10000+ vehicle as it assumes commercial use. same truck, different door sticker. for a 350 it means either 10000 or 11500. not sure about 450 or 550 or if its even an option. oh, also, i believe 10000 is standard on the 250, so really the option should be called 9,900 gvwr. again can be very confusing. there are previous threads about this if you want to really get spun over it. i know i did.

 

My understanding it's mainly for the F350 SRW.
There is a large cost difference in some states for registration on vehicles over 10,000 lbs.
If you own an F350 SRW and you will never tow over 10,000 lbs then you might save several hundred dollars each year.
The hardware on the truck is the same but the sticker limits you.
If you are caught by DOT at 11,000 lbs but your sticker reports, 10,000 then you'll be considered overweight even though the hardware supports 11,500 lbs.

 

Yeah we all had the conversation but never got a good explanation. It s advertised as it the "package" was something extra or less..

I really don't know but it must have something to do with state registration commercial vs residential use.

 

But the good thing is since it is the same truck it wont look overweight.

 

Doesn't affect your towing quite so directly. Would limit your gross vehicle weight or, vehicle + payload, to 10k lbs on paper (no actual equipment change). Since the weight of the truck doesn't change, this affectively changes your legal payload which would reduce your F350 SRW payload and might affect the kind of fifth wheel you could legally tow but wouldn't reduce it to "only towing 10k lbs" by any means.

6.7L F350 SB SRW 4x4
10k gvrw - Payload 3260
11.5k gvrw - Payload 4k
Same Truck.
Lower legal payload.

 

However if operating over legal limit and engaged in an accident one could be liable for negligence

 

Here in NJ its my understanding, Any personal vehicle registered at 10k or greater is exempt from vehicle inspections, but at the same time there is another "rule", we'll call it, that any personally owned diesel vehicle is also exempt from inspection. Like any other law in this state its open to how one interprets it i guess.

 

For VA and Maryland, it is important. In VA, GVWR of 10001 lbs or more changes the allowable registration, and eliminates the Personal Property Tax Rebate, which can be a substantial amount each year. So you see 10000 lb F-350's around. In Maryland, the registration laws are 10000 lbs and up. Thus the 9900 option.

This, of course, all has to be weighed against how you plan to use the truck, and the chances of getting caught running heavy. I have seen no evidence of any physical change on the trucks besides the sticker.

 

Remember that GVWR is not capacity, it's registration. Capacity is on the sticker as well, but it is the axle weights. Negligence, in my eyes, would be hauling over capacity. Hauling beyond registration is simply not paying the correct fees for the actual usage of the vehicle.

 

50 states, 50 different sets of rules.

Some states used to trigger the "no inspection" rule at 8501 lbs. Just sayin'...

The primary reason for the availability of the 10,000 lb GVWR option is because some DOT regulations for commercial haulers trigger at 10.001 lb GVWR. Many buyers also use it to avoid higher registration fees or commercial registration in the states where that is an issue.

The drawback, in addition to the ones already mentioned, is that if you have a long bed crew cab F350, its unladen weight is going to be in the vicinity of 8500 lbs to start with. Having the 10,000 lb GVWR option on a truck like that is going to leave you with barely a half-ton of cargo capacity, plus driver and passenger; or limit you to about a 10,000 lb trailer, assuming 1,000 lb ball or pin weight, and virtually no cargo capacity.

Joe