BTW... if that frame is flexing....... I'm trading my F150 in for a Dodge now. Because the frame under the bed is extremely similar in thickness and design to our F150's entire frame.......

 

According to the measuring tool in photoshop, the bed is actually sitting like this /\ to the cab slightly (not that extreme), It was only about .006" difference in the photo. So to scale that would be maybe 1/8" diffenerence from top to bottom. I guarntee my F150 is not that straight. That would mean that the tailgate would be higher than the the bulk head.

 

The Tundra is rated to hold 2k in the bed, the newer f-150 is rated for over 3k in the bed. The "half ton can hold 1k lbs" was out the window years and years ago. All Half ton trucks currently sold are rated for well over 1k lbs in the bed. Now you do have the previous body style f-150 but comparing apples to apples new 150 to tundra the leaf springs are not the same. The new body style 150 leaf springs are the same width as those used on the F-250 and obviously much stronger than that of the Tundra to hold 50% more weight

 

You have to remeber your truck is not the current generation 150. The current gen 150has the strongest frame in its class hands down. That is what the Tundra has to compete with, not the previous models Ford produced.

 

Tundra uses a 3 parts frame, not fully boxed. 150 is fully boxed, sorry not the same at all

 

They'll carry more than that even.
I know I've hauled a pallet of feed (which is 100, 50lb sacks) = 5K lbs (2.5 ton), sat right over the axel and hauled it about 15 miles, then about 1/4 mile of log trail to the barn.

 

Mines not boxed at all.....

If you'll remember......

 

I realize you think it's like comparing apples to oranges by comparing new to old.... but if this is such a horriable design, then your also saying that fords older trucks are a trajedy of engineering.

 

Never said the previous gens were a horrible design. But, lets face it, that redesign happened mid 90's. As with anything alot can change in 10 years and thats exactly what has happened. The previous gen 150 represented the best truck offered in that time-frame, just as the new 150's represent that now. The frames of the previous gens were not as strong as they should have been, just check the crash ratings. Ford adressed the problem and thus the strongest frame ever on a half ton was born.

 

I understand that, I'm just saying that if that frame is flexing, then mine would be too, and I really don't think mine would be.

 

 

Good god... That is a trim piece on the bed to keep down rock chips. Yes it is black on the bottom corner of the bed. It's not the bed or frame flexing.

 

No, it's the lines in the cab that flow into the bed, just above there. Looks like a flat triangle, with the front of the truck being one end, and the rear being the other, like this cab ^ bed, only flatter.

 

Your right, whats this?

 

That's not what I'm talking about. And the frame is definitely flexing.