Weight of toy hauler
I have a 2008 Ford F250 crew cab short bed pickup with a GVWR of 10,000 lbs. Looking for a 26-30' toy hauler to use as travel trailer and haul several large RC airplanes (total weight about 250#). Mos...
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nayther wrote:Y-Guy wrote:
LRFitch I'm not aware of much attention to this in OR or WA, but a few years ago CA started cracking down on this. Some of the Toy Hauler guys in CA can chime in, but they also have difference licensing requirements.
We kept hearing that guys were getting pulled over and their weight checked at Glamis but never got confirmation. Unless it's a special CHP unit with portable scales they would have no idea besides reading the sticker and that's "Gross"
The sticker has a rating, but it doesn't tell you anything about the weight, gross or otherwise.
valhalla360 wrote:
To answer your question: No one is impounding RV's because they are overweight. As a recreational user, you don't have to go thru weigh stations and short of really bad gross negligence they will have no idea if you are over weight.
But looking at your post, I'm pretty sure you have your numbers mixed up.
- GVWR: The maximum weight of the individual unit (truck and trailer each have separate numbers)
- CGVWR: The maximum weight of truck and trailer combined.
There are a handful of other ratings that come into play also.
I can't say with certainty without the full details of your truck but most likely it would be fine and within the limits.
The rating you are looking for is GCWR, aka, Gross Combination Weight Rating.
