Confusion on weigth
We have a 2015 Winnebago Vista. The sticker on the wall near the driver shows a GVW of 16,000#. The GAWR shows 6,500# for front and 11,000# for the rear. These add up to more than 16,000#. Had the coa...
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FIRE UP wrote:
The axles have their limits but, shouldn't the GAWR of the rear and GAWR of the front add up to the GVWR? If I'm not mistaken, they do on our coach. Our coach is an '04 Itasca Horizon 36GD with the CAT C-7 330HP. The rear axle is rated at 17,500 lbs. and the front is rated at 10,410 lbs. The GVWR on my coach is, 27,910 lbs. and says so on the drivers tag on the wall.
Scott
Not necessarily. The GVWR of a truck or motorhome should not be greater than the sum of the GAWR's, of course (otherwise there would be no way to reach it), but it may be less. If it's less, you have some flexibility in positioning a maximum load fore and aft without exceeding either of the axle weight limits.
(A trailer will sometimes have a GVWR that is greater than the sum of the axle weight ratings since a portion of the load is carried by the tow vehicle.)
