Maximum Payload F350
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Absolutely it does indeed. As does anything else you add. Full tank of fuel... fifth wheel hitch... tools... The ONLY way, as stated over and over, to get your real payload is to weigh your truck ready to tow and subtract that weight from the GVWR. The payload number on the sticker is 100% useless.
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Okay from the manual....
Steps for determining the correct load limit:
1. LOCATE the statement"the combined weight of occupants and cargo should not Never exceed xxxkg or xxxlb". on your vehicles placecard.
2. Determine the combined weight of the driver and passengers that will be riding in your vehicle.
3. Subtract the combined weight of the driver and passengers from xxxkg. or xxxlb.
4. The resulting figure equals the available amount of cargo and luggage load capacity. And so forth.
The payload number is vehicle specific. PLEASE just read
the manual!
Steps for determining the correct load limit:
1. LOCATE the statement"the combined weight of occupants and cargo should not Never exceed xxxkg or xxxlb". on your vehicles placecard.
2. Determine the combined weight of the driver and passengers that will be riding in your vehicle.
3. Subtract the combined weight of the driver and passengers from xxxkg. or xxxlb.
4. The resulting figure equals the available amount of cargo and luggage load capacity. And so forth.
The payload number is vehicle specific. PLEASE just read
the manual!
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Absolutely it does indeed. As does anything else you add. Full tank of fuel... fifth wheel hitch... tools... The ONLY way, as stated over and over, to get your real payload is to weigh your truck ready to tow and subtract that weight from the GVWR. The payload number on the sticker is 100% useless.
The published payload includes passengers at each seat belt location.
It is not practical for the shopper to weigh a truck. . .that advice is only good for owners that already have a truck.
A quick and dirty way to determine payload WITHOUT weighing the vehicle is to look at the tire rating printed on the side of the rear tire(s). It will be within a hundred pounds or so of the "payload number on the sticker".
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Wrong, wrong and wrong.
The published payload includes passengers at each seat belt location.
It is not practical for the shopper to weigh a truck. . .that advice is only good for owners that already have a truck.
A quick and dirty way to determine payload WITHOUT weighing the vehicle is to look at the tire rating printed on the side of the rear tire(s). It will be within a hundred pounds or so of the "payload number on the sticker".
The published payload includes passengers at each seat belt location.
It is not practical for the shopper to weigh a truck. . .that advice is only good for owners that already have a truck.
A quick and dirty way to determine payload WITHOUT weighing the vehicle is to look at the tire rating printed on the side of the rear tire(s). It will be within a hundred pounds or so of the "payload number on the sticker".
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Of course because the 250 is underated from the factory. It's identical to the 350. Another example of the sticker being 100% useless.
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thats why i feel comfortable loading my 250 like a 350 with my airbags.
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Well, since the 250 and 350 come with the same tire options, then they would read the same now wouldn't they...
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I've posted no such thing.
In fact, if one is in possession of a truck, the proper method would be to weigh the truck and subtract the truck's weight from the it's published GVWR.
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I guess when I said to subtract actual weight from the GVWR and you posted "wrong, wrong, wrong" I misinterpreted... OK, so you posted that if one was not in possession of the truck that they should trust the sticker listed weight which #1 has nothing to do with this thread and #2 would completely mislead the buyer. Good work.