Why doesn't the math work?
I have received a lot of education from this forum, but I am back with another question. I have learned that my TV payload is 10,000 lbs. and that the GCWR is 23,500 lbs. The TV with passengers and ...
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JIMNLIN wrote:
Now your mis quoting what Ford says
The quote from Ford says;
"Front and rear GAWRs will, in all cases, sum to a number equal to or greater than the GVWR for the particular vehicle."
You quoted it, not me. Of course the "front and rear GAWR's will, in all cases, sum to a number equal or greater than the GVWR for the particular vehicle" How the heck could you give a 10K GVWR to a vehicle that only had a 9K sum of front and rear GAWR's? That doesn't make the sum of the GAWR's a substitute for the GVWR. That is why they are given as two separate numbers.
(3) In determining the gross weight of a vehicle or the gross weight of any two (2) or more consecutive axles under subsection (1) or (2) or (9) of this section, the total gross weight of the vehicle or combination of vehicles or the gross weight of any two (2) or more consecutive axles shall be the sum of the axle weights.
For the purposes of this chapter the gross weight of a vehicle or the gross weight of any two (2) or more consecutive axles may be determined by accumulatively adding the separate weights of individual axles and tandem axles or groups of axles to determine gross weight."**
This just tells how to determine the actual gross weight of a vehicle, it says nothing about how a GVWR is determined by a manufacturer.
