"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
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Spanfeller is a twat
> The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
02/14/2018 at 18:58 |
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I suspect the Mahindra’s “payload” is the maximum allowed weight and not the bed capacity. I’d find it absolutely unreasonable that a two and a bit ton truck like the F-150 did not have a payload capacity approaching 1000-1200kgs.
Not that it makes the Mahindra any less impressive.
By those specs, my jeep WK2 can hold 800kg of “payload” and a Mini cooper can hold 450.
cluelessk
> Spanfeller is a twat
02/14/2018 at 19:16 |
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If they had that much capacity they’d ride like shit unloaded.
Half-tons are passenger vehicles that spend most the time empty or close to empty. They’re not commercial trucks.
Ever ride in an unloaded 1 ton? Even solid front axle 3/4 ton trucks ride like wagons.
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Spanfeller is a twat
> cluelessk
02/14/2018 at 19:40 |
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Yes, I know they handle like crap...
Mahindra probably cities the total payload capacity. If we did this for the F-150 it would be around 1.1 metric tons.
The math being gross vehicle weight -unladen vehicle weight. Its ~2600lbs according to car and driver’s spec sheet. Manufacturers do it often here in the third world, its a way of increasing the numbers a bit to sound more impressive, alike measuring from the taint.
Now, subtract driver and passenger weight, fuel, fluids, etc from that 1.1 ton number before getting to bed capacity and Torch’s number starts making more sense.
It is underwhelming, but as you said, half tons tend to be used to carry people around so a compromise between comfort/capacity might be made.