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MikePamRV

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  1. Hi Birdman, The dealership I bought it from said they'll take it back with a minimal hit to my bank account AND with no contingency on my buying the next truck from them. He's checking what he can to see if he can locate the right rig for us, but if he comes up empty in the next 48 hrs or so, I'll just have to take the $$ and get what I can. Couple of units that meet our criteria within a state or two, but will have to rent a car to get to the them. Sheesh, whaddamess.
  2. I checked the VIN label which showed the GVWR as 10,000 lbs. I assumed that all the online data I could find about the curb weight would be accurate (which all indicated around 6200 lbs) so I felt comfortable allowing 3800 lbs for the payload. Only AFTER I bought it did I get it to a CAT scale to find out the weight was almost 7300 lbs. Now I can barely allow for us + hitch + toolbox and a dry (unladen) kingpin weight of around 2200. We want to FT, so we don't want to compromise on the 5er size. I just wish Ford didn't distribute bad info (regarding curb weight) so I wouldn't have fallen into this trap. Sux to be us.
  3. I'm also in the same boat as the OP. Another newbie, making another rookie error I think. I did a ton of research, reading all of Ford's Towing Guides and trying my best to do my due diligence. The right combination of tow weight rating, axle ratio, GCWR etc all pointed me to believe that when the right truck came along at the right price, I was set based on the parameters we had determined would suit our need on the 5er brands/lengths we were looking at. Found a nice 2011 F250 6.7L Super Cab that ON PAPER was up to the task, given a (NADA guide) curb weight of 6195 lbs. Only AFTER I purchased the truck and got it on a CAT scale, lo and behold the truck comes in at almost 7300 lbs (no occupants, and half a tank of diesel --- maybe 125 lbs?). Somehow my truck had gained almost 1000 lbs of valuable cargo capacity. I know the diesel engine weighs much more than the gas, but I selected (and made SURE I had selected) the diesel version. WTH?????? So now we too are stuck with a 3/4 ton truck that we can only put about 2000 lbs of pin weight on before we hit our 10k GVWR for the truck. (Allowing 700 for me, the missus, the dogs, the toolbox and Reese hitch.) I guess we're off to trade in the 250 we've had for a month and go in search of a 1-tonner. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Mike W (Calhoun GA)
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