gross combined vehicle weight help
Hello- Newbie here I am doing some research and am confused regarding my vehicles gross combined weight rating GCWR which is apparently defined as the combined weight of the towing vehicle and rv ...
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enblethen wrote:
The correct information is on the door sticker. It is the way the vehicle was built.
GCWR is NOT one of the FMVSS required numbers on that door sticker label. GCWR will often vary due to specific cooling system design (i.e. extra and/or larger coolers such as tranny/oil/engine, heavier duty tranny and/or TC, rear end ratio, etc. Exceeding it could result in parts breaking more often and things just wearing out sooner. Also, acceptable performance such a accelerating for mergering purposes, etc. could be negatively impacted.
Larry
