Ok, I'm back on this topic again. But I really need to know from actual owners (not salesmen) how much the 150 with the heavy payload package can handle.

I haul firewood, lumber, shingles and anything that I can get in there basically. Last summer I had 16 sheets of 7/16" OSB, 44 bundles of shingles and 28 2x4s and 8 windows in the back of my SD. I've also hauled 12 ft hardwood lumber which weighed around 2,800 lbs with no problems.

There's also a lot of hills around here and the 5.4 with 6 spd manual has no difficulty with this even with the AC on.

Can the 150 handle loads like these?

 

I hauled a load of firewood in my HD F150, full to the bed rails in the entire 8'. Problably around 2200 lbs, just an estimate. Had a 23 mile drive on the highway, with some hills and then to the house with some big hills and no problems. The truck was a little sagging a little in the rear relative to the front, but I have the levelling kit, so with out it the truck would have been level when loaded.

I had an 03 F250 with a 5.4 auto prior to my 04HD F150. Both trucks weighed around 6000# each time I cross the dump scales. The difference in GVWR was 8800# for the F250 and 8200# for the F150. So legally I could carry 600# more in the F250.

 

I have an older 2001 f-150 with the heavy duty payload but i can tell you it is quite a truck. I have hauled brimming firewood 160 miles from MA to VT up to my parents ski house. No problem, by the way i have an 8 foot bed reg cab. I have also hauled 3 yes three yards of dark mulch with it, aprox 800-900lbs a yard, the truck sagged a bit but not much i only hauled it 10 miles. My specs say i can haul 2800lbs and i did. I have also filled it to the brim with construction debree from a deck that i took down. The scales at the dump said it was 1800 lbs and i did that three times with no problems.


Hope that helps.
Brian

5.4L F-150 7700payload(HD) 4x4 with 3.73 rear end.

 

Hauled wood FROM Mass. to VT???? It's usually the other way around.

I'm in Vermont. I take it your parents ski at Killington?

 

Close I ski at Okemo Mt
and usually it is the other way around it but we have a friend down here that gets us split firewood for free so i haul it up.

Where in VT are you?

Brian

 

Sean , If you haul alot I would recommend F250.I bought F150 this time because of much better ride and rebates on 04 F150's at the time.If i was a constant hauler I would prefer F250 anytime,especially with 05 SD improvements.Good Luck!

 

I'm in Westminster.

 

I hauled a yard of gravel, which wieghs around 2500 lbs.

The truck leveled out with the weight, but had no problems with performance. Oh yeah, I was pulling a 2000 lb. trailer at the same time.

I think the F150 will do what you want, but not as well as the F250, so don't let this be a surprise if you choose the 150.

 

The most weight I have ever had in my 98 F150 4.2 with 5 speed (non HD package) is about 4,500lbs. Almost 600lbs with the weight of 3 people, about 130lbs or so in tools, 200 lbs in tar paper, 100lbs in nails, and 3500lbs in roofing shingles (44 bundles x 80lbs each). Don't even know how much fuel weighed.

If my truck can handle that (on very rare occasion - and even then I don't like it) you should not have a problem that I can see hauling with a new F150 HD - especially if you won't haul over 3000lbs more than a few times a year.

 

I have the 04 FX4 SCAB 5.4 with 3.73,s and I have towed a 4800 lb 20 foot long Chrysler Newport from Pennsylvania to Virginia in an enclosed trailer weighing 2700 lbs so total weight towed was 7500 lbs and it towed with no problems. Far better than my old 97 F 150 SCAB with 3.55's. I have 98 F 250 at work I have used to tow cars around with and I see no difference in the two.

 

if you are going to do a lot of towing, get a diesel. You will be much happier. The 150 is a MUCH better ride when empty. But if your goal is work, get the truck designed to do exactly that.