payload capacity revisited
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payload capacity revisited
Some of you may remember the payload capacity thread, especially the low payload capacity for some of the '09 Platinums. A search can find the thread on payload.
What made me revisit the payload capacity was my registration slip. Something is missing or wrong. Look at the pictures below for the edited pics of registration and tire capacity.
The empty weight of the truck is 5,408 lbs per registration. Given the registration and title were issued from the manufacturer's statement of origin (birth certificate for vehicles), the empty weight is certified by Ford.
GVWR is 7,200 lbs. Deduct 5,408 empty weight, leaving 1,792 lbs for payload capacity (includes passengers, fuel, and cargo). But the tire capacity sticker shows maximum payload of 1,153 lbs, 639 lbs less than expected.
Did Ford mistakenly under rate the payload capacity on the tire pressure sticker? The difference of 639 lbs is too large to be ignored.
What made me revisit the payload capacity was my registration slip. Something is missing or wrong. Look at the pictures below for the edited pics of registration and tire capacity.
The empty weight of the truck is 5,408 lbs per registration. Given the registration and title were issued from the manufacturer's statement of origin (birth certificate for vehicles), the empty weight is certified by Ford.
GVWR is 7,200 lbs. Deduct 5,408 empty weight, leaving 1,792 lbs for payload capacity (includes passengers, fuel, and cargo). But the tire capacity sticker shows maximum payload of 1,153 lbs, 639 lbs less than expected.
Did Ford mistakenly under rate the payload capacity on the tire pressure sticker? The difference of 639 lbs is too large to be ignored.
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$115.40 for a year with my Challenger plate. I was told since I was not commercial and often at GVW of 7200lb then she could charge me at the next highest weight ratting over my empty weight. I think it was 5999lb I was charged at.
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Thanks for the information. I'll get it fixed tomorrow.
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Are you talking about your registered weight? Your truck should be a Class 2 vehicle. If you register it as 5900 lbs than that's the most it can ever weight. If you haul anything and get pulled over and you are over your registered weight you can get some heavy fines. At least here is PA the DOT can and will get you.
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Ford's door sticker is probably closer. Ford knows how much the base truck weighs and how much each trim level and option adds/subtracts to each axle. When each truck is built, it is easy for a computer to calculate the curb weight of each truck.
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Are you talking about your registered weight? Your truck should be a Class 2 vehicle. If you register it as 5900 lbs than that's the most it can ever weight. If you haul anything and get pulled over and you are over your registered weight you can get some heavy fines. At least here is PA the DOT can and will get you.