Actual Payload of vehicles....
This thread was closed but I would like to put get some knowledge of actuals that may be of opinion or hard facts. http://forums.woodalls.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/28525924.cfm Im logi...
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DWeikert wrote:
If you look hard at that door sticker, it gives axle rating with the factory tires at max PSI. Now check your tires and more than likely their combined maximum load rating equals the maximum axle rating listed on the door post. For the vast majority of vehicles, the tires are the weak link, not the axle. Put on a set of higher weight rated tires and wheels and you can carry more, but there are still other limits like brakes and the actual axle rating.
As I stated my factory tires are 31" LT 's 2270 per tire = 4540.
My axles again althogh the door tag says 2700, my axles are 3750 8.5" 10 bolt rear GM.
These are the same axles they put on the 1500's and maybe even some 2500's
As some on this forum replied to the link I posted from the closed thread about a member with a TC that was 4000 lbs. That member was over all his door tag weights but mebers here stated he was OK because his axles were actually rated higher.
In that sceneio his tires were the weakest link.
OK...Lets look at it this way... So I want to get a truck camper.
With my calculations I have 1950 payload.
I want this one say.. 1335 lbs Will fit my 6 ft bed..
http://www.travellitecampers.com/models/770SL/770SL.htm
Ill be at say 3135 on the rear. Leaves me 565 lbs left..
1335 + 1800 scale weight = 3135
3135 - 3750 gm axles = 565 remaining payload.
Can I do it?
Who or when will I get pulled over by the weight police?
Whats the difference with my plan then what the OP was doing in the link I posted in my first post?
