GVWR/Towing capacity question
This new Dodge lists the GVWR at 6,350lbs and a towing capacity of 9,200lbs. I thought your GVWR was your towing capacity. Help in layman's terms? Thanks folks... -Doug
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Tennessee_Nomad wrote:
This new Dodge lists the GVWR at 6,350lbs and a towing capacity of 9,200lbs. I thought your GVWR was your towing capacity. Help in layman's terms? Thanks folks...
-Doug
GVWR - Based on frame, wheels, tires, suspension, and drivetrain, this is a maximum weight rating on the vehicle.
GCVWR - Maximum weight of truck and trailer combined.
Payload - GVWR minus actual weight of the truck. Payload is used up by everything and everybody in, or on, the vehicle. Includes people, pets, aftermarket accessories (floor mats, bed liners, nerf bars, bed caps, etc), cargo, and tongue weight.
Tow capacity - A marketing number. What the vehicle could pull, if it had no cargo, no passengers, a 150 lb driver, and very little tongue weight. As you add weight to the truck (people, cargo, accessories, etc), this number goes down, as does available payload, pound for pound. If put 500 lbs of people and cargo in the truck, your 9200 lb tow capacity becomes 8700 lbs, and your available payload drops 500 lbs.
