Cargo Rating
I've wondered if a truck's cargo rating wouldn't be more useful to people shopping for travel trailers than payload. For those unfamiliar Cargo Rating = Payload minus 150 lb per available seating posi...
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Gene K 2 wrote:
Cargo Rating is usually what they use for specifying truck campers but as far as I know it's officially a cargo rating.
I've often wondered if something wouldn't work to minimize the misconception that payload was the amount you can put in the bed (without regard to occupant weight). Like anything else that's been tried (like "tow rating" instead of just GCWR and GVWR) it would likely just create more problems.
At least with Ford, they list the truck camper rating...not a "cargo rating"
