toedtoes wrote:
Grit Dog,
my apologies. I got confused on the thread about the 1/2 ton towing the 36ft trailer and this one. Both my comments were regarding THAT thread not THIS thread.
No worries and I’m not trying to be argumentative.
But what I’m trying to get across is the “numbers” when it comes to payload are so far skewed from actual capacities, based on lumping all class 1 vehicles into a sub 7klb gvw and most class 2 into a sub 10klb gvw, that the payload numbers for a lot of trucks actually have very little to do with the actual safe payload they can haul capably.
Case in point, your example about a stripped down half ton having more payload on paper than a loaded 3/4 ton. Yes you can actually find examples to support that. But the basis is on the general vehicle class gvws and has virtually nothing to do with the construction or engineering of the vehicles themselves, other than generally the vehicles get bigger heavier and can haul more as the class number goes up.
It’s ok to not understand all of it. What is not ok is to profoundly express your opinion as fact when you absolutely don’t understand any more than you read, at face value, in the product brochure.
Perfect example: Familiar with the recent change to gvw ratings from a couple mfgs on their 3/4 tons? If you are, what do you think was done to increase that rating? If you don’t know, then you don’t know, but it was nothing physical. Components ar the same, the mfgs are just using more of the available capability to market higher payload numbers. Vehicle class gvw guidelines are for administrative purposes.
