new to the forum!
looking at a fuzion 302 35 ft dry wt is 11,165 would my 2007 dodge ram 2500 pull this ok it is a toy hauler. thanks for the help mike
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NC Hauler wrote:
Heck, you can buy a license for almost any weight you want I figure. But what I'm saying is how safe is it to purchase tires that can carry more weight than the AXLE is rated at? Unless I'm just misunderstanding the whole post. Take a 6,084# rated axle, put tires on the truck that can handle a total of 9,000#, and now, though the axle is rated almost 3,000# less than the tire rating, I can now carry almost 3,000# more payload???:h Really don't think it works that way...unless, someone knows that the 6,084# RAWR isn't correct and that it'll actually handle the 9,000# that the tires can now carry....
You seem to pick and choose what I wrote. It is a Sterling 10.5" axle rated at 9750 lbs. The 6200 lb RAWR on my sticker is due to the lowest rated component that shipped with my truck. Upgrading tires, rims and suspension does bring up this rating as long as none of the individual components are over their rating.
GVWR is also possible to alter if you know that other similarly configured vehicles have a greater GVWR than yours. When you find the lower rated component that differentiates the vehicles and replace that component with a higher rated one, your GVWR can safely increase.
This takes time-consuming research into what components are used and what the component specifications are verses a combination of components. Some people are adept at this research and the required modifications while others are better off purchasing a different vehicle rather than upgrading an existing one.
