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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That diagram is mainly newbies and/or folks who don't understand the inter-relationship
between each rating
Drove me nuts constantly answering PMs asking pretty much the same question and
that diagram solved most of that over load into my PM box
It is a system and to take any 'ONE' rating by itself is to be out of context
There are interdependencies, or prerequisites and that diagram shows
them in graphical form that verbiage does NOT get through very often
That is where folks take any single rating as an absolute and therefore
out of context
Say to first decide if you believe in the ratings system or not
If not, then do whatever, but know that you have taken the OEM(s) off the warranty
hook (if any left) and the biggie: liability
If yes, then learn how that system works
Like Marty's example. Yes, that is the whole point if you believe in the ratings
Load up the TV to it's GVWR before hooking and you have no more 'rating' for
the hitch & tongue weights
Also part of everyone's "Risk management decisions"...AKA Gambling.
The OEMs have dialed in their product to meet the min or more of the regulatory
agencies requirements for that class of vehicle
Dialed in are: safety margin, longevity, performance to specification and more
It is a personal, or individual decision to go over the ratings or not
I do NOT ever recommend it to anyone. Especially anyone asking, as they
do NOT have the experience to make that decision...yet...if ever
between each rating
Drove me nuts constantly answering PMs asking pretty much the same question and
that diagram solved most of that over load into my PM box
It is a system and to take any 'ONE' rating by itself is to be out of context
There are interdependencies, or prerequisites and that diagram shows
them in graphical form that verbiage does NOT get through very often
That is where folks take any single rating as an absolute and therefore
out of context
Say to first decide if you believe in the ratings system or not
If not, then do whatever, but know that you have taken the OEM(s) off the warranty
hook (if any left) and the biggie: liability
If yes, then learn how that system works
Like Marty's example. Yes, that is the whole point if you believe in the ratings
Load up the TV to it's GVWR before hooking and you have no more 'rating' for
the hitch & tongue weights
Also part of everyone's "Risk management decisions"...AKA Gambling.
The OEMs have dialed in their product to meet the min or more of the regulatory
agencies requirements for that class of vehicle
Dialed in are: safety margin, longevity, performance to specification and more
It is a personal, or individual decision to go over the ratings or not
I do NOT ever recommend it to anyone. Especially anyone asking, as they
do NOT have the experience to make that decision...yet...if ever
