Calculators
Find trucks to research, then calculate a payload budget using your own truck’s door-label allowance.
Can any cited truck tow this?
Results list the model year the source named. See the 10,000-pound page.
Your truck’s payload margin
Enter the combined occupant-and-cargo limit from your door label. All occupants count, including the driver. Adjust the tongue or pin percentage for your trailer.
Use your truck’s Tire and Loading Information label. Leave blank if unknown. A brochure maximum is not a substitute.
Your payload budget
Count everything the truck carries.
All occupants count against sticker payload, including the driver. Include accessories and hitch hardware only if their weight is not already reflected in the sticker. Use manufacturer instructions for tongue/pin weight; the editable defaults are planning assumptions.
- Estimated tongue / pin load
- 1,000 lb
- All occupants
- 360 lb
- Cargo, accessories + hitch hardware
- 175 lb
- Total payload used
- 1,535 lb
- Payload remaining
- Enter your sticker limit
- Hitch 1,000 lb
- People 360 lb
- Cargo 175 lb
Payload margin is unknown until you enter your truck’s label value. Also check the exact tow rating, GCWR, GVWR, both axle ratings, tires, receiver and hitch limits. A loaded scale ticket is needed to check axle loads.
Understand payload and towing limits →Bed volume
Cubic feet describe space. They do not describe how many pounds the bed can carry. Measure the box you have, including the width between the wheel wells.
Bed volume
56.9 cu ft
Using the narrower width, a flat load fits in about 47.4 cubic feet.
This is space, not weight. A bed full of insulation can be under payload. A stack of pavers that looks small can exceed it. Pounds belong to payload, GVWR, and the rear axle rating.