Ok so I just realized that the sticker on the cab of my truck that has the tire pressures also has the payload rating(yeah I'm a genius lol)and to my surprise I'm only rated to 2354lbs and here I was thinking I was around 2900lbs! That's almost 550lbs less

The chart on this site shows 2900lb for a 2006 F250 CCSB 4x4 SRW and even though I have the camper package I'm over payload with my truck camper dry and myself in the truck with a full tank of fuel. The chart on this site shows my truck at 10,000lbs GVWR, but now I suspect I'm lower than that, but unfortunately my drivers door sticker isn't there anymore so no way to tell which sucks.

Now my question is why would a 2006 F250 CCSB 4x4 with camper package NOT be rated to the 2900lbs shown on this sites chart?

 

The 2006 Superduty book even shows 2900lbs.

 

If you look at the bottom left of that chart in your first post it shows its for a 5.4 gasser not a 6.0 diesel. One digit of your VIN tells the weight rating of your brake system or the gvw, I can't remember which digit it is but a vin decoder will show you.

 

From the 2006 brochure ... although they are not the final word.

 

I know the truck can handle a bit more weight just fine aside from the leaf packs which I'm going to put on beefier units soon and just pack light and then start my search for a dually 7.3 or 6.0 for the camper and keep the lifted truck for parts.

 

The difference between a 250 and a 350 of the same configuration is the springs and sometimes tires - what they can handle. While we can change those things to make a beefier truck, at weight stations or any weight check legal authority, the only thing that matters is the door sticker rating.

 

Really good chance your truck is 10,000 GVWR. Pretty much all 05+ F250's are. I think anything less would have been a special order for registration purposes (I've heard of 9,900# versions).

My truck is basically the same as yours with the camper package. Front GAWR 5600; rear GAWR 6100. I would mostly be worried about non exceed the axle ratings. The F350 SRW is the same drive-train, frame, brakes, with an extra leaf and it gets an 11,500 GVWR.

The weights from the charts figure a base model truck without any options, etc. The yellow sticker will be the actual rating (I believe they factory weigh the trucks). I believe it normally already includes a 200# driver and a full tank of fuel.

My XLT 4x4 is really close to yours with a 2337 payload.

My friend got a unicorn. 2019 F350 extended cab, short bed with the 6.2 gasser. Almost 4000lb payload!

 

At least within my old industry, we saw the F-250 as a truck derated for insurance and DOT requirements. Here in my county, I can drop off debris at the dump with an F-250, where an F-350 requires commercial permits. Consequently, when I moved my license plates from my 2001 F-250 to the 2003 F-350, I kept the F-250 weight classification on the registration. I also have my 10,000 lbs Bri-Mar dump registered at 7,000 lbs so I can enter the dump with the truck. I get looks by the weighmasters, but their rules state by registration, not the ID plate on the vehicle. And as long as both are tarped and not a rented vehicle.

However, I'd have an issue if I operated in an area with weigh stations or roadside weight inspections.

A long-winded confirmation of Dave saying the F-250 and F-30 SRW are basically the same.

 

Visteon rates this 10.5 axle to somewhere over 9k lbs so even if I'm 500-600lbs over payload I'm still under Fords 6100 lb GAWR. That being said sometime soon I'm going to remove the rear bench seat and passenger seat and go weigh with the rig dry and full tank of fuel and see what the numbers come to. The 08-10 style tailgate is off as well so that's at least 100lbs right there and I'll be swapping my 3 lead acids for a lithium phosphate and that should reduce another 100lbs or so.

 

How often do you get weighed? My F250 was registered as a workshop vehicle with 1100 lb load limit, but I was loading it regularly to 2 tons without problem, and never got weighed in the 8 or so years I used it.

 

Never been weighed, but I've barely done any trips with the rig since putting it on the truck back in September.

 

Never really seen anyone that wasn’t a DOT hauler getting a random scale check. Where it mattered for me was trips to the quarry to get stone. The quarry can legally only load to your registered weight. You have to have your registration in hand before you head into the scale house. If the loader operator puts more on than your registration says you can haul, they won’t let you leave until you get a shovel and unload to your max reg weight.

 

Yeah I doubt many truck camper rigs get pulled over for weight inspections unless there's some SERIOUS squatting going on and my truck sits level plus my F250 has f350 badges(previous owner)so anyone looking at my rig wouldn't suspect that I'm possibly over payload.

Now that I know my max payload and presumably 10,000lb GVWR and 6100lb rear GAWR I can hit the scales and make sure I stay at or just above my numbers when travelling between locations.

 

71 years old, I’ve never been scaled except at the dump or getting landscape supplies.

 

Surprising how low the SD 250’s are for payload. My 96 will legally carry more payload than my 06..

As far as scales in Canada, I’ve been told directly by them (MTO) yrs ago (while being weighed and inspected commercially, just chit chatting the topic came up) - they couldn’t care less about mom and pop in their dually pickup tuck with 40’ fifth wheel RV in tow.

But if they suspect you are commercial (for hire), they are very interested. So if you’re hauling cars, tractors, dozers, equipment, what ever.., even just for personal farm use etc etc, and look like you are possibly commercial, you very well may get pulled in / over and weighed. Even for family / friend, and he’s paying $20 for beer money - you are for hire. Some of them travel with portable scales in their vehicles. And some like to check the colour of your fuel too while they are at it...

FYI WPG, my 06, with cap on the back, half tank fuel, and me in it weighs 7,960#. I just ball park it at 8k#, full fuel. I would suspect yours is not much different, assuming yours is 4x4. My cap /topper is probably 250#, ish.

I can’t remember what Manitoba does, but I believe it is the same as Ontario - your weight depends on your registered weight, not the door/VIN tag. So if you’re not registered for the weight, you’ve got a problem when pulled over - they want their fees for your registration. And if you’ve hit the regular drivers license limits, now you’re driving without a license.. some food for thought.

I asked once at the MTO (Ministry of Transport Ontario) while doing the annual registrations about what the pickup trucks should be or could registered for weight wise (commercial), in Ontario which was good Canada wide. They said it doesn’t matter, what ever weight I needed. I asked, how high? Don’t remember why, but in the conversation I asked - could I in theory, register for 80,000 lbs, they said - yes, no problem. How you get the truck to do it is your problem I suppose. Just as long as they get their fees for it… I left the conversation at that, before they decided to put a flag on our pickup plates.

That’s combined, all up weights by the way.

I was also registered commercial in Michigan and Wisconsin, and iirc, it was pretty much all the same program. As long as they get their fees, everyone was happy. Personal, RV’s, etc, no one ever asked.

Long story short, if you’re not commercial in a pickup with an RV, no one seems to care.