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Originally Posted by big hammer

not at all. while ford has aluminum now, they pretty much had to because their trucks were grossly overweight. fords use of aluminum basically just put them around gm's current weight.

This is another one of those rumors that has no basis in reality, but gets repeated around here enough that it's stated as fact.

Here's the reality quoted from the other F150 thread:

Originally Posted by crysalis_01

2WD '14 Silverado ...... 2WD '14 F-150
Crew Cab, 5’ 8” box ...... Supercrew, 5' 6" box
4942 lbs. (4.3L) ...... 5128 lbs. (3.7L)
5042 lbs. (5.3L) ...... 5254 lbs. (5.0L)
5156 lbs. (6.2L) ...... 5296 lbs. (3.5L EB)

Crew Cab, 6’ 6” box ...... Supercrew, 6' 6" box
5000 lbs. (4.3L) ...... n/a
5104 lbs. (5.3L) ...... 5345 lbs. (5.0L)
5216 lbs. (6.2L) ...... 5380 lbs. (3.5L EB)

4WD '14 Silverado ...... 4WD '14 F-150
Crew Cab, 5’ 8” box ...... Supercrew, 5' 6" box
5139 lbs. (4.3L) ...... n/a
5218 lbs. (5.3L) ...... 5586 lbs. (5.0L)
5370 lbs. (6.2L) ...... 5615 lbs. (3.5L EB)

Crew Cab, 6’ 6” box ...... Supercrew, 6' 6" box
5197 lbs. (4.3L) ...... n/a
5292 lbs. (5.3L) ...... 5714 lbs. (5.0L)
5429 lbs. (6.2L) ...... 5731 lbs. (3.5L EB)
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2WD '14 Silverado ...... 2WD '14 F-150
Double Cab, 6’ 6” box ...... Supercab, 6' 6" box
4860 lbs. (4.3L) ...... 5043 lbs. (3.7L)
4963 lbs. (5.3L) ...... 5169 lbs. (5.0L)
5074 lbs. (6.2L) ...... 5203 lbs. (3.5L EB)

Double cab, 8' box ...... Super cab, 8' box
n/a ............ 5312 lbs. (5.0L)
n/a ............ 5317 lbs. (3.5L EB)

4WD '14 Silverado ...... 4WD '14 F-150
Double Cab, 6’ 6” box ......Supercab, 6' 6" box
5104 lbs. (4.3L) ...... 5333 lbs. (3.7L)
5201 lbs. (5.3L) ...... 5461 lbs. (5.0L)
5352 lbs. (6.2L) ...... 5476 lbs. (3.5L EB)

Double cab, 8' box ...... Super cab, 8' box
n/a ............ 5604 lbs. (5.0L)
n/a ............ 5620 lbs. (3.5L EB)
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2WD '14 Silverado ...... 2WD '14 F-150
Regular Cab, 6’ 6” box...... Regular cab, 6' 6" box
4387 lbs. (4.3L) ...... 4685 lbs. (3.7L)
4503 lbs. (5.3L) ...... 4791 lbs. (5.0L)
n/a ............ 4953 lbs. (3.5L EB)

Regular Cab, 8’ box ...... Regular cab, 8' box
4567 lbs. (4.3L) ...... 4764 lbs. (3.7L)
4673 lbs. (5.3L) ...... 4901 lbs. (5.0L)
n/a ............ 5073 lbs. (3.5L EB)

4WD '14 Silverado ...... 4WD '14 F-150
Regular Cab, 6’ 6” box ......Regular cab, 6' 6" box
4587 lbs. (4.3L) ...... 4925 lbs. (3.7L)
4707 lbs. (5.3L) ...... 5033 lbs. (5.0L)
n/a ............ 5220 lbs. (3.5L EB)

Regular Cab, 8’ box ...... Regular cab, 8' box
4816 lbs. (4.3L) ...... 4993 lbs. (3.7L)
4922 lbs. (5.3L) ...... 5130 lbs. (5.0L)
n/a ............ 5375 lbs. (3.5L EB)


These lists were compiled from both ford.com and gm.com, so direct from their respective sources, and I don't think there's a model where the Ford outweighs the GM by "600+" lbs. Now, there may be 6.2L Ford trims that may, but seeing as its being phased out of the 1/2 ton I don't see how it's relevant. Though I'll post those as well if anyone interested. That Boss motor is HEAVY. Either way if the "700 lbs" lost is structural, therefore model wide, the 150 will be in a pretty good spot weight wise vs GM and Ram.

I don't see anything close to an F150 weighing 600lbs more than a Silverado.