Question about weight ratings
Still trying to figure out payload and towing capacity for my truck. (2016 F-250 Diesel). I plan on going to a scale and getting an exact weight of my truck. However, I am not sure what to subtract...
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Grit dog wrote:SoundGuy wrote:tim1970 wrote:
I also have a hard time believing the GVWR comes out to a nice even number of exactly 10,000.
Believe what you want but the reality is that GVWR isn't a number that "comes out" to anything ... it's a number assigned to each vehicle by the manufacturer as the maximum that vehicle should ever weigh under any circumstances.
Believe what you want but GVW is a rating assigned by the DOT or some govt organization based loosely on the general approved capability of a certain class of vehicle, with many caveats and relates more to road tax and other jurisdictional issues and regulations than it does to a particular vehicle's ability to safely and competently carry x amount of load.
To the OP, you'll get answers from all types of individuals on this, some informed, some not so much, some fearful the black choppers will pick them up if they're 2 empty beer cans over some published rating!
The best answer I can give is talk to someone in person who is very well versed in truck capacities and has practical experince. This thread will go down in flames by tomorrow!
DOT applies a MAX GVWR that a mfg can state for a given class of vehicles, it does NOT assign any specific weight. that is up to the mfg. For example you CAN buy a 1 ton with a GVWR from the mfg of under 10,000. or you can get one above that.
Given the capabilities of current vehicles, and the desire by mfg to have lots of common parts between 3/4 and 1 tons, the 3/4 ton trucks are pretty robust.
