Ford Mercury Villager 1997 Owner's Manual page 235

Calculating the Payload for Your Vehicle
To know how much weight your vehicle can carry:
1. Obtain the GVWR and GAWR from your Safety Compliance
Certification Label.
Safety Compliance Certification Label location
2. Fill the fuel tank.
3. Weigh your vehicle without cargo.
4. Subtract vehicle actual weight from the GVWR to find out
how much more weight your vehicle can carry.
5. Weigh the vehicle again once it is loaded to make sure that the
GVWR and front and rear GAWR's are not exceeded.
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