Improve 5th wheel capacity
Here is one for you. Our current rig has 2 @ 7,000# Dexter axles. If we go to 8,000# axles, will that legally improve our 5th wheel weight capacity? We are in the throws of the great 5th wheel v...
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Bumpyroad wrote:valhalla360 wrote:
Legally, the authorities will want proof before issuing a new weight rating. I suspect the engineering and documentation time to get a new sticker with a slightly higher weight rating will cost more than a new heavier duty trailer.
In real life, it's a **** shoot if it doesn't just move the weak link somewhere else.
when I registered my U Haul type trailer, they asked me what weight I wanted to use. I think I had a choice of 3,000, 5,000, and 10,000. I asked why not just go to 10,000 and was told I would have many more hoops to jump through so I stopped at 5,000. numbers are guesses from memory.
bumpy
That's just the defining the registration fee. Not changing the GVWR.
