Overweight Toad?

Sprig wrote:

Daveinet wrote:
...And most importantly DO NOT REPORT BACK TO RV NET that you went ahead and did it.

^^^THAT is funny right there...

I'm still entertained by the people on here that do NOT understand that F=MA.

The mass, or WEIGHT, is ONLY HALF of the basic equation.

Simply put, there are other considerations that are more important. I'm confident that if a mechanical engineer were to calculate the loads in the OP's configuration that they would "give a thumbs up" to it being safe.

Then, in addition to the above, the OP as the driver, has significant control over the A portion of the basic equation. This is something the hitch engineer has to use a nominal value in his design.

So long as the OP is not tackling the steepest streets in San Francisco, I just don't see the problem. As I see it, none of the weight police on this forum take into consideration that the hitch has to be designed to handle the extra F from steep grades. Maybe someone who has not been out of college for long as I have will want to do the actual calculations on the extra force applied for the hitch rating on a steep grade (assuming that A=G only(for grins))???

It would be really nice to see an actual educated opinion in reply to to my comments. All the lemmings that are scared near death because a single number is higher then one on a sticker don't help anyone learn.

With some of what you've posted here, I've always wondered how these ratings were calculated in relationship to gravity and if hanging the whole rig vertically from a crane or other would be substantial. I can say that with overloads, certain transmissions don't like long 6% grades. Then again, if you limit your climb to 25mph in low gear, you get an automatic 25% increase. I'll say again, that most overloading will, if anything, affect the transmission first.