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From: Lawrenceburg, TN
I have hauled a whole pallet of flagstone in the bed of a Ranger(bed was heaped up full) with a tool box (so the stone was twards the rear) I have no Idea how much it weighed but the ranger handeled it fine. I would not be a bit afraid to put 2000lbs in the bed of an f-250. Me personaly I wouldnt start to worry till about the 3-4000 lb point. Even then if it were a short distance and everything looked ok id still do it. My opinion once you reach/go past a certain point, it becomes more of a handeling and control issue than a break the truck issue.
BTW mine weighed 6200lbs at the scales at the dump. Thats with me and 1/4tank of fuel.
BTW mine weighed 6200lbs at the scales at the dump. Thats with me and 1/4tank of fuel.
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From: Grass Valley, CA
Thats a good point. when the weigh comes off the front wheels you have to worry!
My F250 did fine with 2500, and after that, i wouldnt blink to put 3k on it. if it was an easy drive/short trip etc i might even go to 3500lbs. This truck is so sturdy!
My F250 did fine with 2500, and after that, i wouldnt blink to put 3k on it. if it was an easy drive/short trip etc i might even go to 3500lbs. This truck is so sturdy!
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curb weight is what it weighs with nothing in it. as it rolls off the assembly line. no fuel in it, no passengers, no nothing. just the truck itself. according to ford, the curb weight of a 1996 f250 crew cab srw automatic 4x4 is 5600lbs. and mine is a reg cab, xl, bare bones truck. manual windows, door locks, tranny, etc. if yours weighs 8k lbs empty, im not sure where that extra weight is coming from.......
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I googled it, and that's what it says, 5600, but i think that's for the gas engine. I dont think that it would make that big of a difference.
Either way, wouldnt it be the Actual weight that you should judge it off of, seeing as how that's what's actually on the axle?
Either way, wouldnt it be the Actual weight that you should judge it off of, seeing as how that's what's actually on the axle?
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oh yeah, you should definately judge it off what the actual weight is. thats why i told him to factor in everything else thats already on his truck. i was just giving him a starting point to base it on. and if i remember correctly, the diesel engine weighs 200lbs more than the 302. so it adds a little weight, but not too much. and its on the front axle too. itll affect gvwr, but not gawr.
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My crew cab weighs about 7300, 3000 on the rear, 4300 on the front if I remember right. That's with some fuel and me, but no junk in the bed. I'd call it empty. Pretty easy to load the bed over the GVW if it's really 8800.
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whats kind of funny, but not, is what ford did with the early superduties. they added all sorts of stuff to it, made the frame stronger, better axles, springs, etc. but they "forgot" to raise the gvwr. so if you had an f250 crew cab, 4x4, xlt, diesel, etc you actually had less payload than a ranger lol.
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Phillips91
My door tag is 8800. I am not sure why we are different. '97 Ex cab SB 4X4 5sp. PSD 4.10 gears
My door tag is 8800. I am not sure why we are different. '97 Ex cab SB 4X4 5sp. PSD 4.10 gears
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neal-same here. except reg cab and long bed. so im not sure why mine is different.
according to wikipedia, which isnt always right, here is their break down from 1992-1997.
F-150: 1/2 ton (6,250 GVWR max)
F-250: 3/4 ton (6,600 GVWR max)
F-250 HD:Heavy Duty 3/4 ton (9,000 GVWR max)
F-350: 1 ton (10,000 GVWR max)
F-Super Duty: 1 ton plus (15,000 GVWR max)
i didnt realize there was a light duty f250 before the 1997 model that looks like the 97 f150 (which they have listed with a 7700 gvwr in the same section as the superduty), but apparently there was one with a 6600 gvwr.
according to wikipedia, which isnt always right, here is their break down from 1992-1997.
F-150: 1/2 ton (6,250 GVWR max)
F-250: 3/4 ton (6,600 GVWR max)
F-250 HD:Heavy Duty 3/4 ton (9,000 GVWR max)
F-350: 1 ton (10,000 GVWR max)
F-Super Duty: 1 ton plus (15,000 GVWR max)
i didnt realize there was a light duty f250 before the 1997 model that looks like the 97 f150 (which they have listed with a 7700 gvwr in the same section as the superduty), but apparently there was one with a 6600 gvwr.
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From: Rogersville, TN
neal-i thought thats what they were referring to at first. but i looked in their superduty section and it listed the 97 f250 light duty with them and with a gvwr of 7700lbs. which was later renamed the f150 7700 package. oh well. i may be calling the local ford dealer and seeing what they can tell me about mine. its only 200lbs difference, but it still has me wondering. 
