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Originally Posted by CMB430
Window sticker says I have the 11,400 lb GVWR package (has snow plow pkg). The door sticker says I have 11,000 GVWR.
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You have a defective door sticker. All 2008 F-350 SRW 6.4L SuperCabs with a long bed have 11,400 GVWR.
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If the Super Duty catalog says I am supposed to have a maximum payload of ... 3,720lbs with the 11,400lb GVWR ..., how am I supposed to do that when I only have ...2,860lbs of room to play with?
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Learn to read.
Ford says you have a
max of 3,720 pounds available payload,
provided you have no options on your truck and nothing in the truck but one skinny driver.
With a GVWR of 11,400 and 3,720 payload, that leaves only 7,680 pounds for the wet and loaded truck with driver and a full tank of fuel. If your truck weighs more than 7,680, than naturally you'll have less available payload than the "max".
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And then you add a trailer, wow how can you not be over?
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Simple. You have 2,860 pounds available for hitch weight, provided you don't add passengers or coolers or whatever before you tie onto the trailer. So don't tie onto a trailer with more than 2,860 pounds of hitch weight. That's a gooseneck trailer that grosses about 12,000 to 13,000 pounds. Or a fifth-wheel RV trailer that grosses about 15,000 to 16,000 pounds if GVWR was your only weight limit.
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Am I just missing something, or are these trucks designed to haul a lot but you have to pay a whole lot more for a F450 to be able to use that capacity?
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Realistically, your truck should weigh close to 9,000 pounds before you tie onto the trailer. That leaves you 2,400 pounds for hitch weight without exceeding the GVWR of the tow vehicle. And that leaves you 14,000 pounds for max trailer weight without exceeding the GCWR of 23,000 pounds for your tow vehicle. 2,400 pounds of hitch weight is an RV with 17% hitch weight of about 13,000 pounds. A 13k 5er is a lot of trailer. But if you need to tow more trailer, for example an 18k toy hauler, then yes, you'll need more truck.
Ford makes it. F-350 DRW adds over 1,000 pounds net payload, and with the TowBoss pkg the GCWR goes up 3,000 pounds more than your SRW. Wet and loaded weight will be around 9,500, so with 26k GCWR that leaves up to 16,500 pounds for a trailer.
Still not enough? Then your idea of the F-450 may be on the right track. Say 10,000 for the truck leaves up to 23,000 pounds for the wet and loaded trailer and up to 4,500 for hitch weight.
