I'll look up what Ford reconmmends for payloads tonight.
71 F250 Payload
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Is the whole door tag blank?
What about the middle which starts with the wheelbase, what are the codes there? Look for a F250, F251, F252 etc. See this thread as an example:
http://www.ford-truck.com/forums/sho...hreadid=200932
What about the middle which starts with the wheelbase, what are the codes there? Look for a F250, F251, F252 etc. See this thread as an example:
http://www.ford-truck.com/forums/sho...hreadid=200932
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The tag on the door pillar is entirely blank except for the vin and a statement that the truck confirms to emiisions control standards.
On the door itself is a tag that has a bunch of numbers stamped on it. The lables above each number are unreadable however, this is how that stamped tag reads
131 6 F250 B 4 G 38
07500 170 4100 71
Is this of any help?
On the door itself is a tag that has a bunch of numbers stamped on it. The lables above each number are unreadable however, this is how that stamped tag reads
131 6 F250 B 4 G 38
07500 170 4100 71
Is this of any help?
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That's it! The Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) is 7,500lbs, now if you just knew how much it weighed.
I've got some recommended payloads at home and can look them up later tonight if someone doesn't respond sooner.
Barry
I've got some recommended payloads at home and can look them up later tonight if someone doesn't respond sooner.
Barry
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Fords payloads can be grossly exceeded if done only occasionally. I have hauled full cords of green birch on my 72 and it only has the 6200 gvw. I still had rear spring travel but I did bottom out a few times getting out of the woods. The terms 1/2 ton 3/4 ton ect. were probably coined a half century or more ago when those numbers may have been more accurate. Now they are just a generic term that indicates what model you have. 1/2 ton F-100 and F-150, 3/4 ton F-250 and one ton F-350. Interesting to note is that the GVW overlapped on the 3/4 ton and one ton in some years. Also some people still want to call the F-150 a 5/8 ton but the name never really caught on
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What I was actually looking for is how heavy of a trailer I could tow. I'm thinking of getting a trailer equiped with electric trailer brakes and I was tyring to figure out the maximum tongue weight.
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Hmmm... whatever the hitch can handle?
I was gonna scan the '71 brochure but to save Ken's storage space here's a link to the page you're interested in for payloads:
http://www.bumpsides.com/71lit/16.jpg
I was gonna scan the '71 brochure but to save Ken's storage space here's a link to the page you're interested in for payloads:
http://www.bumpsides.com/71lit/16.jpg
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i have a 72 f100 i have pulled a 32 foot camper with about a 1000 lb tongue weight it was a bumper hitch but we converted it to a goose neck,
the truck also pulled a 20foot gooseneck with about 14000 pounds of hay piled on it. (smelled a little bit of burnt clutch to get it moving but it pulled it on a stock 360)
the truck also pulled a 20foot gooseneck with about 14000 pounds of hay piled on it. (smelled a little bit of burnt clutch to get it moving but it pulled it on a stock 360)
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Pretty much the rule for any old truck is whatever you can put in the bed. When my truck was a flatbed I hauled a complete 855 cummins and transmission in the bed. It was the first time I'd hit the overloads, but hauled it like a champ. It weighed in at 13,800. We had a 53 GMC 3800 dually on the farm when I was a kid. Had a transplanted 302 jimmy and 5 speed with 5.13 gears. Now that truck would haul anything even if it wouldn't fit in the bed.
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When I was a kid my dad had a 59 chevy 1/2 ton. He routinely hauled such large loads that it would split the rims open occasionally. It wasn't at all uncommon to haul 2 large saddle horses in the back, or a full load of gravel.
