People buy trucks for all sorts of reasons: How they drive and perform, how they look, how much they can tow. Inevitably, though, if you buy a big vehicle with a flatbed you may find yourself using it to haul things around from time to time. An important factor to consider when buying a truck is its payload.
Payload is not to be confused with towing capacity. Towing capacity is how much a truck can pull; payload is how much it can carry. So payload is the maximum combined weight of people in the seats and junk in the back that a truck can hold while still functioning.
A phrase you might often hear in truck commercials is "half-ton pickup." That's a reference to payload, though it's pretty outdated. Since a ton is 2,000 pounds, a half-ton pickup would theoretically have a payload of about 1,000 pounds. It's a decades-old term, however, that just refers to light-duty pickups.
So technically, the awesome new 2019 Ford F-150s here at our Yuba City area Ford dealer would even be called "half-ton" pickups. But its max payload ranges from 1,990lbs up to a best-in-class 3,230lbs.
It's important to note, however, that even though payload and towing capacity are different, they have to be considered together. If you're going to be towing a heavy trailer, you should also be thinking about the weight of the driver, all the passengers, and anything in the truck bed and factoring that beneath the vehicle's max towing capacity.
Now that that's cleared up, if you're looking for a dependable new truck with a great payload capacity and towing capability, you can't do better than a Ford. And if you're looking for a place to shop for one that prides itself in great sales and service, you can't do better than Hoblit Ford in nearby Colusa. Stop in today or give us a call at 888-224-0093 today to set up a test drive.