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**JRTJH** · 02-23-2015, 08:21 PM

Hansel,

I had a 99 SuperDuty F250 supercab/short box 7.3L FX4 Lariat. It weighed in at 7450 with a GVW of 8800. Doing the math, my payload on that truck was 1350 pounds. That's less than the "standard" 7200 pound GVW F150's have today, which is closer to 1600 pounds. I can say that my 99 SuperDuty towed much better than my 2010 F150, but the payload just wasn't there.

By comparison, my 2013 F250 supercab long box 6.2l (gas) XLT weighs 7280 with a GVW of 10000. That's a payload of 2720 lbs. There is a member with a 2012 F250 crewcab long box XL 6.7l (diesel) and his door sticker lists his payload at 2629 with a 10000 GVW. His engine is about 500 pounds heavier than my 6.2l so the rest must be made up in the "stuff" that comes as an option on the XLT and not on the XL.

There is a big big difference in payload in trucks 10-20 years ago vs today's models.

02-23-2015, 08:21 PM	#20
JRTJH Site Team Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Gaylord Posts: 26,979	Hansel, I had a 99 SuperDuty F250 supercab/short box 7.3L FX4 Lariat. It weighed in at 7450 with a GVW of 8800. Doing the math, my payload on that truck was 1350 pounds. That's less than the "standard" 7200 pound GVW F150's have today, which is closer to 1600 pounds. I can say that my 99 SuperDuty towed much better than my 2010 F150, but the payload just wasn't there. By comparison, my 2013 F250 supercab long box 6.2l (gas) XLT weighs 7280 with a GVW of 10000. That's a payload of 2720 lbs. There is a member with a 2012 F250 crewcab long box XL 6.7l (diesel) and his door sticker lists his payload at 2629 with a 10000 GVW. His engine is about 500 pounds heavier than my 6.2l so the rest must be made up in the "stuff" that comes as an option on the XLT and not on the XL. There is a big big difference in payload in trucks 10-20 years ago vs today's models. __________________ John 2015 F250 6.7l 4x4 2014 Cougar X Lite 27RKS