The Gun Counter

But then, what else is new.
I'm trying to verify that the cargo capacity of a 1970 Ford F-100 Ranger with the 302 engine is 1/2 ton, or whatever the @#$%^&* it is, if the half-ton designation does not refer to load capacity.

@#$%^&*
Otherwise, I'm having a fine day.

You probably could have solved it with a quick phone call to a dealer.

'Load Capacity' is GVWR - Curbweight

Should be able to get that off the door tag. Remember, they didn't have google in 1970.

My 67 F100 has a curbweight of about 3600 pounds.

308Mike wrote:You probably could have solved it with a quick phone call to a dealer.

I tried that with some other questions. The Ford dealer in this town seems willfully ignorant of anything not actually in inventory.

Thanks guys, I knew there was a method, I just didn't think of enough different ways to get to that answer (kind of like that story of the 6 ways to measure the height of a building with a barometer).

CByrneIV wrote:Dude, my "three quarter ton" truck has a rate payload of 3700lbs.

They haven't actually been "half ton" "three quarter ton" and "one ton" since the late fifties or early 60s. Basically when they started putting real axles in light trucks.

Yeah... My Dakota has handled over 1500 pounds in the back without undue complaint. It's a bit sluggish going up hills (1st gear to get over the Santiam Pass in less than geological time scales), and the nose is pointed substantially higher than normal during those times, but it does work.

i had over one ton of gravel in my damn Ford Ranger once. (yah it drove like a 50's Caddy) when the young kid at the gravel lot forgot to stop at 1/2 ton.

Not really recommended though.

Loaded my dad's self-made plate-steel toolbox, and tools, into the back of the Chevy Astro that my friend borrowed from his mom. Rear 'suspension' consisted of the snubbers. Drove from SE Iowa to PHX.