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Add the gvwr for the axles together and subtract the weight of the truck with everything you intend to put in the truck, (minus the camper) to get your legal payload weight.
Don't exceed the weight rating of either axle or the tire rating and you will be legal.
Ok now I'm confused. I always thought the yellow sticker was the manufacturer's rated maximum payload taking into consider the GVW of the truck minus all the actual weight of the truck.
What you stated does make sense though. It's just that if there's ever a question about being overweight, do the "authorities" go by the payload sticker and what you actually weigh compared to the GVWR of the truck, or do they use the GVWR of the two axles together less the weight of the truck with everything you intend to put in the truck (including any pin weight of a towable)?
Yellow payload sticker is a Ford creation and has no legal standing. You can pull that sticker off the truck and no one in law enforcement would notice or care.
If you have an issue with weight enforcement they look at the gvwr sticker to determine if you are over on each individual axle and they look at the rating on the tires.
Don't exceed registered gvwr, axle ratings or tire ratings and you are legal.
Hey folks,
I'm trying to configure an f350 to match a camper I wish to purchase. The camper (Northern Lite 8-11 EXLE) is a short bed and will weigh an estimated 3500lbs wet. Using the ford towing/rv guide, it seems like it won't be possible to have a legal configuration with the diesel engine? I find that pretty weird since you can't get a short wheel base dually so what's the camper even for?
If anyone has one of the following trucks, I'd love to hear about the actual max payload:
It is numbers from the manufacturer printed on the label.
Tire information placards and vehicle certification labels contain information on tires and load limits. These labels indicate the vehicle manufacturer's information including:
The weight police care about axle ratings, tire ratings and registered gvwr.
My truck is registered at 26,000 lbs. Previous F-350 was registered at 35,000 lbs.
This is my CCLB 7.3 with the camper/snowplow pkg. The "TRUCK CAMPER LOADING" certificate may be interesting to you. I was a little bit confused about why the camper loading paper showed a max weight of 3424 lbs. and the yellow sticker showed a cargo capacity of 4272 lbs. If you read the definitions section on the paper it mentions the weight of the occupants in the vehicle. My truck was ordered without the center console, so I have 6 seats at 150 lbs. per seat for a total of 900 lbs. I also noticed in the "2020 FORD RV & TRAILER TOWING GUIDE" it states "Cargo Weight Rating shown in chart is maximum allowable, assuming weight of a base vehicle with required camper option content and a 150-lb. passenger at each available seating position". I think they are subtracting the estimated weight of the passengers that may be riding in the truck from the cargo capacity available for the camper. However, by that rationale still have a 52 lb. discrepancy.
That's about right. My 450 has a payload of 4850 lbs. 450's typically have 500 lbs LESS payload than 350 DRWs because of the heavier rear half shafts, and the need to stay under 14k lbs GVW to remain a class III truck.
If you want a max payload truck, you'll need to go light with the options.
My 350 2017 and now my 2020 450 are equipped as the same as you can get and I have exactly 670 lbs less payload
Here's my white and yellow stickers. The combined carrying capacity of the front and rear axle comes out to 15,900 lbs. My truck weighed 9450 at the scales. According to the wisdom here, that would mean I have a real world payload of 6450 lbs. My yellow payload sticker OTOH, shows a much lower payload because my 2017 F450 Platinum has all sorts of lux items including the Reese/Ford OEM 27.5k factory fifth wheel hitch.
Here's my white and yellow stickers. The combined carrying capacity of the front and rear axle comes out to 15,900 lbs. My truck weighed 9450 at the scales. According to the wisdom here, that would mean I have a real world payload of 6450 lbs. My yellow payload sticker OTOH, shows a much lower payload because my 2017 F450 Platinum has all sorts of lux items including the Reese/Ford OEM 27.5k factory fifth wheel hitch.
Does that sound correct?
The yellow payload number comes from the 14,000 GVWR minus the curb weight of 9417. This gives 4583 Payload. It's not technically directly related to the axle ratings and extra equipment.
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