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SlowBro
Explorer III
Jan 18, 2015

Weight dist hitch subtracted from TV GVWR or GCVR?

When calculating the towing capacity, do I subtract the weight of the hitch from the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of the tow vehicle alone or the Gross Combined Weight Rating (GCWR) of the tow v...
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SlowBro
Explorer III
Jan 19, 2015
cdevidal wrote:
What do you consider a safe buffer for the GVWR? 20%?


According to this thread, there should be no concerns being right at GVWR. It gets more controversial when going over, but if I have to get fanatical about weights so I don't go over, I will.
Is being a little over GVWR no worse than doing 60 in a 55?

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