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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Bedlam wrote:Well lets have that intelligent discussion. I just want to know what the magic pill is that allows you to "quite safely tow well over my ratings". Cause that is what my very original post was all about. You response alluded to a "full floating axle".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.
I don't know, what was your "full floating axle" response supposed to mean in regards to "quite safely tow well over my ratings"? Now you seem to be saying if you have a full floating axle your ratings are higher. No problem, does that mean you can "quite safely tow well over" those higher ratings? If so, that must be the magic pill.
So back to the original question, real simple question, no research of components needed: what is it that lets you "quite safely tow well over my ratings"?
