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Originally Posted by markcee
The sticker payload value is calculated when your truck rolls off the line, empty of fuel. But....the weight of a full tank of fuel is assumed and factored in to the value on the sticker.
A 34 gallon tank * 6 lbs per gallon of gas means 204 lbs will be deducted from your final 'as it left the factory' sticker payload value.
Example:
Truck GVWR 10,000
Empty Truck Weight, as Optioned: 7,350
10,000 - 7,350 = 2,650 for payload - but the assumed 204 lbs of gas means Ford will post 2,446 on the door pillar sticker..
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Thanks Markcee, I do understand the basic concept of calculating the pin weight, all the explanations from everyone here accomplished that, but all I was asking was a very specific question regarding the factors that go into the calculations.
The above answer you gave was exactly what I was looking for, to know whether the fuel was counted, or not, for the purpose of general knowledge on future calculations prior to buying a fifth wheel.
That being said, if all of you that have the years of experience that allows you to calculate these weights as second nature, I think you take that ability for granted, to the general public, this is some complicated stuff that isn’t easily conveyed or understood so easily.
Regarding the answer you provided on the fuel, I’d be willing to bet a steak dinner that 99% of the people on this planet have no idea that the weight of the fuel is calculated as you described.
So thanks for making me one of the 1% that now know that.