max capacity tow buffer
10+ years ago when my family first started towing the rule of thumb was leave 15% off of your vehicles maximum tow capacity as a safety buffer to prevent overloading and overtaxing your tow vehicle. ...
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wing_zealot wrote:Bedlam wrote:Got it, all I have to do is bolt a full floating axle on and I'm good to "quite safely tow well over my ratings". Good deal.
Maybe start with full floating verses semi floating axles?
And the chassis you are bolting the axle to is used on trucks in with Class 2B and Class 3 ratings that could have 14k GVWR with the right combination of components? If you are not willing to research the components compromising your truck, we cannot even have an intelligent discussion and there will be a lot of uneducated speculation. I'm not telling you that you can bolt up axles off a Peterbuilt 579 under a Ford Courier chassis and get the full use of the axle ratings.
