5er dry weight for a 9,500 pound total?
New truck tows 12,600 and gcwr is 19,800. Truck weighs 6700 empty and will weigh no more than 7300 with us and travel goods. Add 300 for hitch we're at 7600, so call it 8000 gross on the truck. If I u...
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TNrob wrote:
Tires far exceed axles, and rear = 6000, front = 5500.
So if RAWR is 6K, (rated to that), BUT the tires handle far more than the axle rating, if one overloads the axle, but not the tires....does that make the axle the "weak link"? Is it safe to exceed the rear axle weight rating, but overload it because tires will handle the weight, but the axle won't, (according to manufacturer specs)?
