Weight Police
I have never made a comment about the weight police but I thought this may be interesting: First photo was a 41' Toy Hauler with full water tanks and 30 gallon fuel tank for Hauler. Gen...
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rhagfo wrote:richfaa wrote:
I am wondering why the truck manufacturers bother to put those spec's on the truck if they are meaningless. I always figured that they put them there to tell us what the truck is capable of doing and I go by those specs.
Part of the reason is Registration Fees! :S
In many states once the GVWR is over 10,000# registration fee's start going up steeply.
I believe Ford sells a F350 with a GVWR sticker of 10,000# just for that reason.
Yes, that is the reason for the de-rated 350 SRW's. For 2015 there is a 9900 GVWR package (in the past it was a 10k de-rate) that is free. Nothing changes on the truck but the sticker.
