Silverado 1500 & Travel Trailer

BenKas wrote:
this is generic vs the label is as others say is specific to this vehicle

Are you saying your TV has no AC, automatic, power windows/locks/seats/etc?

So for your trailer....take the 15000 and subtract the weight of your loaded TV, cargo & people

You can use what others advise....the label numbers...or go out and weigh it fully laded...

Generic? I don't believe so. That's why the manual calls it "A vehicle specific Tire and Loading Information label" and does not have a chart for it like it does for the towing capacity and GCWR.

Here's some interesting reading.

NHTSA tire safety ruling

From the NHTSA document,

"S4.3.2 Requirements for altered vehicles.A new placard or placard and label shall be affixed, so as to obscure the original placard, to an altered vehicle that has previously been certified in accordance with 567.4 or 567.5, other than by the addition, substitution, or removal of readily attachable components such as mirrors or tire and rim assemblies, or minor finishing operations such as painting, or who alters the vehicle in such a manner that its stated weight ratings are not longer valid, before the first purchase of the vehicle in good faith for purposes other than resale, containing accurate information for the altered vehicle, in accordance with S4.3."

Which is a clear indication that the weight sticker is vehicle specific as it leaves the factory. If I understand this correctly they don't consider minor changes invalidating the weight sticker. Which could explain the 161 lbs difference.