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Tom in Tacoma
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- May 26 : 2:15p
| Pickup truck designations such as half-ton, 3/4-ton and 1-ton are not an indicator of their payload capability.
Generally speaking, the payload capability are limited by an axle's ability to carry that load as well as the braking ability. In the example you asked about the payload is limited to 5100 pounds. My guess is that truck is not a dually. A 1-ton dually often can have a payload capacity of 11,000 pounds.
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- May 26 : 7:51p
| Tom got you part way there. As he said, 1/2 ton, 3/4 and 1 ton have nothing to do with their payload.
http://www.fordvehicles.com/trucks/superduty/features/specs/
just look there under payload. 6120 is about max in the bed of a 2wd F450
5100lb is the neighborhood of an F350 DRW
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- May 30 : 4:24p
| They call it that because when the designators for F-150/F-250/F-350 used to denote a payload capacity of 1000/1500/2000lbs. Brake, suspension, running gear, and frame technology have come a long way since that was figured out, but the names remained the same.
And I think Tom has "payload" confused with "towing" capacity. Payload is what will fit in the bed, towing is what will fit on the ball hitch. |
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1 ton pickup?
