GVWR, Payload, Towing Capacity or GCWR
What trumps what when making a TV decision. I'm not a pulling expert by any means but when looking at commercial trucks they always seem to display their GVWR and GCWR. Should I be using these rather ...
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Ron Gratz wrote:jaydub74 wrote:
---To my knowledge there is no way to know the actual weight of a truck on the lot including its options.
Vehicle weight (as built by the assembly plant) is equal to
GVWR (as stated on the Safety Compliance Certification Lable) minus
the payload (as stated on the TIRE AND LOADING INFORMATION sticker).
Ron
Right. The TREAD Act following the Ford/Firestone rollover debacle mandates each model year 2006+ passenger vehicle must list payload as equipped from vehicle assembler full of all fluids.
