Towing Overweight???
I know that this has been discussed in length about towing over weight. And it's not towing and moving the trailer but the main issue is stopping. And if you get into an accident you can or will be ...
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Calkidd wrote:Calkidd wrote:Is 15K what is listed on the sticker? You seem to know about these things, but if your axles are capable of 18K would that be the GVWR? Therefore non commercial A would be required.kofire wrote:I am curious about that "recreational endorsement" you speak of. Care to post a link to the guidelines of this endorsement? I assume you are speaking of Ca DMV.Calkidd wrote:Its a 15k GVWR. That vintage Weekend warrior had 3 6k axles under it. They were semi custom at the factory. Mine was ordered with 15k GVWR but they can be up to 18k obviously.kofire wrote:It's not what your trailer weights at that time. It's based off of your GVWR. What is your trailers GVWR?
I have a class C license. Trailer is heavy. Depends on what I have in it probably 12-15k give or take.
To be fair I technically need the recreational trailer endorsement but haven't bothered with it. Next time I'm at the dmv I'll just have it added. Last time I was there the people at the DMV couldn't even figure out what I was talking about so I just said never mind.
It's however you want to order it from the factory. That's all a CHP has to go off of. There's no easy way to identify weight ratings on axles unless you are very knowledgable. All they would do is walk up, look at the sticker and that's all they have to go off of.
I've looked into ordering a new trailer a few times and most manafacturers will stamp whatever you want on it. Many of the new Genesis supreme trailers built here in California are 15k. I know the axles are much heavier but they do it to help people out in CA.
There's a few late model custom ordered WW floating around with 15k GVWR. Many of the 05 and older came 15k as well even with 6k axles. . I wouldn't hesitate to load it to 18k personally because the brakes are rated to stop that much. I think it's just easy for a company like weekend warrior to put the same axle under a bunch of different trailers no matter what the GVWR. It's cheaper to buy in bulk and there's no way to get them confused.
Another example of a company doing this is Ford. I have the same axle under my f250 as the srw f350. Yet the door sticker is different.
Weekend warrior never really made sense anyways. 2006 and later fifth wheels were mostly 16k GVWR from the factory. How do you get 16k out of three axles ? Always thought that was weird.
