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juzplanekrazy
Explorer
Sep 12, 2007

Whats Your Real Weights? Truck and Trailer. The Real Deal

I don’t know if it’s been done before or not but I was thinking about keeping a running list of real truck weights by year and type, and trailer weights by brand, size and what the total combined weig...
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sirdrakejr
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Apr 16, 2011
What I am saying is that if you are going to use GVWR to decide how to load the truck, you cannot then use the GAWRs to know if you are okay. They will ALWAYS be higher than the GVWR. That could give you grief when you look at whether or not the truck can CARRY or TWO the trailer. Do a search in this forum for "GVWR" and see what you get. There are many threads about that.
Frank

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