I drive 1999 F-150 4x4 supercab Lariat Flareside. I read somewhere that the payload of a truck is the GVWR minus its actual weight. The sticker on my truck said it had a 6500# GVWR package at no additional cost. I weighed the truck at a coop and it was 5600 pounds without me in the truck. 6500 minus 5600 is 900 pounds payload without any passengers. Subtract 200 pounds for my weight and that leaves 700 pounds. Does this sound right? My F-150 can only carry a payload of 700 pounds?
Sounds kind of wimpy to me. Any comments on this are welcome!


Larry

 

That's just what it's licensed for.

Load it until the bump stops hit the axle and then put that much more on!! It's a Ford, man. I'll take it!

 

i have a 98 2wd flareside supercab xlt. Last saturday and the saturday before i went well beyond that. First saturday i did 1500 in the bed plus 3 passengers, bout 150 lbs each, average. On old old 113k oem shocks, too, up a really steep curvey hill, did ok.

then again the next saturday about 1400 pounds minus one passenger, new shocks, up the same hill, did great.

Doesn't stop as nice but i need to bleed my brakes badly, handling was fine, engine was better than i expected, and im only the 4.6, not the 5.4

 

My payload is 1875 lbs.
I take issue with the weight of your truck (5600). Maybe that scale is run by the mob.

My truck weighed 4250 without me.
I know 4x4 weighs more and Supercab weighs more but, 1,350 lbs?

 

Hello temp1,

I looked at a 2001 F-150 Brochure and it says that the Payload for a "SuperCab – Styleside" is 3,045 lbs. and a "SuperCab – Flareside" is 1,875 lbs. It does not differentiate between a 2WD and a 4WD, it should be about the same for a 99.

 

uhhh, flareside = no step styleside = step, correct?

 

No. Styleside has no steps, flareside has the steps.

Mine is a styleside (see gallery).

 

I have a chart from www.fordf150.net/specs/99tow.php that says the standard payload is 1610 pounds. I am worried that I might break something or have a bad accident if I overload the truck. The 1610 pounds for the Lariat supercab flareside 4wd does not seem to jive with the GVWR minus the actual weight of the truck. I will find a different place to weigh the truck and see if it matches the 5600 from the coop. I even got a weigh ticket from the coop's scales. This truck also has a 5.4 L engine, LT265/70R-17 tires, trailer towing group, class III, Cab steps, and 4x4 off-road equipment group. I also had them add a bedliner. I wonder if these add-ons took away from the standard payload. I might just take off the spare tire and see how much it weighs.


I know the truck is solid as a lady in a Honda civic pulled into my blind spot as I was backing up one time. She honked when the rear bumper of my truck got to her firewall . I heard the horn and slowly pulled the truck forward. I thought I ran over a bicycle at first but the horn sound was too hefty. The drivers side fender from the headlight to the firewall was totaled. I looked at chrome bumper on the truck and it had a half inch abrasion on it. I think the bumper might have moved an 1/8 of an inch or so also. I don't think that gal will be pulling stupid stunts like that anymore...

Larry

 

I weighed the spare tire and it was about 73.5 pounds.

 

That weight is way too much. I had the exact same truck, all loaded up. Dunno the weight, but I estimate in the 4700-4900 pound range. I did not notice on the sticker for my 99, but on my 03 Supercew 4x4 Lariat all loaded up it actually gave a shipping wweight which was 49xx pounds. Supercab will be less.

Payload in in the 1600-1700 pound range for your truck and includes all cargo and passengers, inside the bed of the truck and inside the cab including you. I would not worry about consistently loading up 1000 pounds in the back of that truck. If I always maintained 1500-2000 pounds, I would look for a 3/4 ton truck. If you do it only occasionally, the 150 will be great.

 

Thanks APT.

I see where someone else said they used those scales that the cops use because the cat scales were off by a few hundred pounds. I know I had an extra hundred pounds in my truck when I last weighed it so it has to be 5500 or less then. I think there is another scale on my route that I will try to find this coming Friday.

Larry