GVWR, GCWR, & GVW
Every time that I think I have a handle on these, they seem to explode in my mind. I know what each of the letters stand for, Gross Combined Weight Rating,........etc., and I know what they mean. What...
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CALandLIN wrote:
I think the best way to look at your weights is to place a safety zone on them. The truck’s GVWR is 11.5K. That’s it’s maximum safe weight allowance from it’s manufacturer. Anything above that is going to be speculative. Same thing with the GVWR for the trailer and the entire rig’s GCWR.
just a point here on GVWR...... Ford may choose any GVWR they want up to the sum of the fawr/rawr.
Also on Fleet Ford website on every page in their weight rating specs for all their trucks in paragraph #4 says;
4) Gross Axle Weight Rating is determined by the rated capacity of the minimum component of the axle system (axle, computer-selected springs, wheels, tires) of a specific vehicle. Front and rear GAWRs will, in all cases, sum to a number equal to or greater than the GVWR for the particular vehicle. (snip).
The truck makers GVWR isn't a drop dead number as far as safety as evident of Fords F350 SRW trucks can have a 10000 GVWR or a 11500 GVWR in the same exact truck when we look at Fords same weight rating spec pages.
Axle/tire load numbers are the biggest safety numbers for carrying weight.
The 6.7 and that big auto sure won't have any issues towing its tow ratings and more.
