[fable081]

Tried to post around noon today but obviously it did not take.

JRTH I agree with your comments ref the GVW and I should have expanded my post to clarify.
My 150 Lariat had a Curb Weight of 5600 lbs and a GVW of 7070 which only gave me a payload off 1,470 bs. I was overweight by 850 lbs.

My 250 was a special order XLT bare bones but with the 6.7l and is 6477 Curb with a GVW off 9900 for a 3,423 payload. And you are also correct that the weight in the 28 RKS sneaks up really fast if you are not watching what you are doing . My last Pin weight was 1973 lbs and the RV was 9500 lbs which is 20%.

I do appreciate the comments received especially from senior members who have been doing this for a long time. I have reaped more than I have sown from this site and hopefully someday I will be in a position to return the solid advice.

Thanks everyone for the input and my apologies if the original post may have been hijacked a bit with my original post.
Regards
Chuck