FX4 4x4 payload difference?
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Read the thread above about towing guide being released and click the link. All the numbers are there for you including payload.
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PAYLOAD = GVWR - Actual truck weight.
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You will lose some payload due to the skid plates that are part of the FX4 package. Ford has really downgraded the FX4, now it is just skid plates, downhill braking, and a sticker, even the shocks have been removed and are standard shocks(probably because of all the complaints on how they suck).
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It all comes down the amount of crap and luxuries you add to the truck and then get a weight on the truck. More you add less you can carry or tow no matter what the generic brochure number claims.
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You will lose some payload due to the skid plates that are part of the FX4 package. Ford has really downgraded the FX4, now it is just skid plates, downhill braking, and a sticker, even the shocks have been removed and are standard shocks(probably because of all the complaints on how they suck).
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My derated F250 FX4 is right around 3k payload (give or take 25 lbs one way or the other, I forget), the FX4 package in itself takes little away from payload but it does and everything added adds up as someone else pointed out.
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Hill Descent Control™
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The FX4 USED to include a locking axle, but hasn't for a few years now.
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Dually's have Limited Slip Differentials, but they are NOT Electronic Locking selectable by the driver.
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All SRW FX4's have the locking rear diff, none have limited slip. That is because the locking rear diff is a forced (required) option to allow the FX4 package option. Not sure about DRW, maybe the FX4 package forces the LSD rear since locking rear is not available on DRW. Obviously a non FX4 Super Duty can have whatever diff option is chosen and available for that particular configuration.
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DRW do not have any sort of locking differential option, the only diffs under a DRW are open or limited slip.
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This is the first year that the FX4 package actually has a reason to add it, although, it is still way overpriced, in fact, even more so than the previous years. Prior to the 23's you could add the skid plates ala carte for $100, now though it appears you can't, so you're stuck with the $500 FX4 package! The only reason to get the FX4 package now is if you want skid plates. But as has been mentioned, all the FX4 package gets you is the skid plates, a sticker, the hill descent button and "off road tuned shocks" which aren't anything special. You're better off getting a set of Bilstein or Fox shocks after market. All that other stuff that people think comes with the FX4 package doesn't... 4X4, electronic locker, AT tires, etc... those are all things that you must add to your build before it will allow you to add the FX4 package, and none of them are any less expensive, or function any better/differently because of the FX4 package.
And if you are adding it for "resale value" then just pick up the $10 FX4 sticker from eBay before you sell it... the folks wanting it won't actually know what it is... lol.
And if you are adding it for "resale value" then just pick up the $10 FX4 sticker from eBay before you sell it... the folks wanting it won't actually know what it is... lol.