Surprised by the weight difference

[MTK46]

So I just bought a used 2014 F-350 CC DRW 2WD truck. Is a lariat with the Ford factory 5th wheel hitch set-up. Came with a large Weatherguard under bed rail tool box. I installed my 20K Curt hitch filled with fuel & took it down to FlyJ and weighted it. Wife and I onboard. Weighted in at 8780 lbs.
What surprised me is the 2012 F-350 CC SRW 4x4 longbed I use to have weighted in at 8640 lbs. No tool box & same hitch.
Both had/has camper package. 2012 GVWR was 11,500, 2014 is 14k.
Both Lariats 2014 has sunroof & navigation which the 2012 didn't have.
Goes to show just how much weight 4x4 adds to a truck.

[60sumtin]

At a 140 lb difference I'd expect more.

[tuffr2]

You are right on the money with your truck weight. My 2012 F-450 4 x 4 KR ready to camp with reese elite hitch, tools, blocks, full fuel and me at 200lbs weighed 8,998 lbs. My KR did not have a sun roof.

My 2017 F-250 6.2 2 x 4 weighs 6,670 lbs.

[MTK46]

Originally Posted by tuffr2

You are right on the money with your truck weight. My 2012 F-450 4 x 4 KR ready to camp with reese elite hitch, tools, blocks, full fuel and me at 200lbs weighed 8,998 lbs. My KR did not have a sun roof.

My 2017 F-250 6.2 2 x 4 weighs 6,670 lbs.

My 2014 F-150 4X4 weights 6,220 lbs. That was with wife & I onboard.

That also surprised me. Sure never figured a F-150 weighted that much.

[consolenut]

Originally Posted by tuffr2

You are right on the money with your truck weight. My 2012 F-450 4 x 4 KR ready to camp with reese elite hitch, tools, blocks, full fuel and me at 200lbs weighed 8,998 lbs. My KR did not have a sun roof.

My 2017 F-250 6.2 2 x 4 weighs 6,670 lbs.

Wow I am surprised your F-450 only weighs 9k roughly. I have a 4500 Topkick. Loaded ready for travel it weighed 11,500. Weighed on CAT scales too. At 11,500 it gives me exactly 5000 pounds of rear axle weight for my tetons hitch weight.

[xrated]

I've got a '16 F350 Dually CrewCab 4x4 King Ranch and I also have a bed rail tool box in the bed as well as a 42 gallon aux tank with an electric pump. No 5ver hitch, as I pull a 13K GVWR tow behind. Truck with the aux tank and the 37 1/2 gallon truck tank full and my wife and I.......9540 lbs on a CAT scale.

[wingnut60]

A Topkick is considered a Medium Duty Truck is it not? Should weigh more...

[consolenut]

F450 is in fords medium duty category. Same class of truck as the 4500 topkick

[wingnut60]

Don't believe that to be true in the 450 pickup series...hard to be in same category with a 3k gross difference.

[consolenut]

According to google and wikipedia they are. 14-16K gvw is a class 4 truck

[tuffr2]

Wow, I did not know that. I considered both the F-450 and F-550 as the same size basically as a F-350 dually.

Now the F-650 I can see a big difference.

Ram and Chevy do not increment the trucks as fine as Ford. Seems a big difference between Chevy/Ram 3500 dually and 4500 is the big jump in size.

I Google imaged the topkick 4500. It looks bigger and tougher than the Ford F-450/550.

The topkick 4500 looks like the Freightliner Sport Chassis M2.

[consolenut]

Yes I agree. The 450/550 look like a 350 with bigger wheels. The Topkick and Kodiak are much bigger as you said.