One of the Great Mysteries of rv.net

Me Again wrote:
State of Washington should not pass GO and proceed straight to jail! They licensed my 8800 GVWR truck at 12K. Tare weight x 1.5 and then rounded up to the next higher even K. Those are the state rules!!!!

Chris

They did the same with my truck.
They also lic. my buddies T300 Kenworth for 34K# even though that would violate the law regarding how much weight each axle can have.
It's a wacky world.

State of Washington should not pass GO and proceed straight to jail! They licensed my 8800 GVWR truck at 12K. Tare weight x 1.5 and then rounded up to the next higher even K. Those are the state rules!!!!

Chris

They are all just suggestions --- like speed limits!

06Fargo wrote:
GVWR sticker numbers Shalt Not Be Exceeded upon pain of frames breaking in half, sudden loss of control, veering over a cliff, crashing and burning, injury or death...

But tire manufacturers load and inflation tables are up for endless disagreement ...

:h

I have read about the GVWR being exceeded

BUT never read about tire max load ratings being OK to exceed.

What does get debated is using 'load tables' or running at max psi.
Either of which is OK....

06Fargo wrote:
GVWR sticker numbers Shalt Not Be Exceeded upon pain of frames breaking in half, sudden loss of control, veering over a cliff, crashing and burning, injury or death...

Really?! Fact is, it's the vehicle manufacturers (cars, trucks, RVs, whatever) who apply a GVWR to every single vehicle that is built and it is THEY who insist the GVW of said vehicle under no circumstances shall ever exceed it's stated GVWR. This has nothing to do with rv.net or any other forum so why this would be "one of the Great Mysteries of re.net" as you claim is the REAL mystery. :h

I thought it was pretty much the other way around: you can exceed your GVWR since those are just numbers, but not your GAWR since that patently unsafe.

Apparently the axle and tire people know their stuff and don't fudge the numbers, quite unlike the truck people who put all the parts together. :)

No mystery at all. Prudence dictates all published ratings be followed. The purpose is to inform the user of rated capacity.