At the point I ordered mine I didn't see thet the 350 was only 1500 more or I would have. but I dont plan on going anything bigger. Been there done that, not for me. Went tent, tent tt, tt, 40 ft 5er, 32ft Class A now back to a 27' tt. plan on staying here. Went form an f150 to the 250 basically due to DW's moblilty scooter and lift equipment, when the tt was hooked up and everything loaded it put me 1K over weight. 600 was just the scooter and lift.

 

If all you want is payload look at yellow sticker, they are all different.

 

Agreed, it does work.

Our truck's GVWR is 10,600 lbs., and the yellow sticker says the payload is 3,968 lbs. This suggests that our truck's curb weight is 10,600 - 3,968 = 6,632 lbs.

After adding a bed mat, a set of camper tiedowns, and a set of turnbuckles, our truck (~full tank but otherwise empty) CAT-scaled at 6,700 lbs.

HTH,
Jim / crewzer

 

I have the copy of the Certificate of orgin for a vehicle as we purchased out of state. It has the shipping weight listed. As I have some time on my hands thought I'd check the earlier posts against the cert and the B pillar stickers. Gross vehicle weight 14,000 -5603 carry capacity =8397- shipping Weight 7756= 843- 48 gallons diesel rounded to 336 =507 - 7.5 gals of DEF 67.5 =439.5- 1gal windshield washer =431.5. I was generous with rounding up the diesel, I wonder where the 431 difference comes from not that it bothers me as 5,603 is plenty cc. for my 5er though that would cover the weight of the B&W and the 90 pound dog in the back seat.

 

F250 isn't worthless with the 6.2. My Lariat 4x4 ccsb has 3150lb payload and 22,000 gcwr.

 

A few more words about the GCWR.

If you take your trucks GCWR and subtract the estimated payload, then you get an ESTIMATE of your what your truck can weigh loaded with equipment and persons.

The way to know ACTUAL is to go over the scale with your truck loaded including persons and mods and your loose equipment you are taking with you. Don't forget to fill your gas tank. Then take the GCWR for your truck and subtract the actual weight of your truck loaded as you went over the scale. The number you get will be the actual amount of payload capacity left to drop your 5th wheel onto the bed (the pin weight). Every truck will be different as the number of passengers, mods, and equipment an owner will put in.

Here is my numbers.

2017 F350 6.2L 3.73 Gears long bed crew cab
also ordered it with 11500 GVW option

19500 lbs GCWR from the manual
7568 lbs scale weight (1 person, full gas)
11932 lb available to tow on bumper (manual says 12000lbs)

Payload

11500 lbs (ordered the 11500 option not the 10000 downgrade)
7568 lbs (actual scale weight loaded as I am driving it)
3932 lb actual payload capacity available

I thought the numbers would work better for you rather than my bad explanation.

I will say this, if you take the 10000lb downgrade it reduces your legal payload capacity by about 1500 or an estimate would allow you to have a payload of 4000 less 1500 or 2500lbs. Can you drop a pin weight of your 5th wheel and add more passengers than I am taking (1 person)? That is your decision and calculation. I personally bought the 350 so I could do it legally.