blt2ski wrote:
At the end of the day, just because you are under a manufacture rating etc, does not mean it will always work for your application. I never once felt white knuckles in my 96 CC at 16 to even 20K gcw. Dispite the 12500 gcwr GM gave it. In fact, it usually out did, never stalled out on a grade compared to either the 88 or 89 454's I had with 16K gcwr's. They stalled out on any grade over 15-20%.
Just because it is rated to a given number, does not mean it will do what YOUR specs are. The specs are based on an engineer that is not using the rig as you might might. Because of my experiences with light duty truck gcwr's, I do not follow, nor believe them to be true ratings, at least as to HOW I use the trucks. A few I can believe, others, not worth their wt in gold!
marty
Thanks marty. So I'm in the trailer pre-purchase stage. What are the rules of thumb if "just because you are under a manufacture rating etc, does not mean it will always work for your application"? Last thing I want to do is invest a bunch of money into something I can't use.
