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BenK
Feb 21, 2015Explorer
Listen to Keith...he knows this stuff better than anyone here
Maybe a diagram of how the various loads, limits/ratings/etc all stack
up...or how they look like down to pavement...instead of having to
mentally visualize from verbiage
Found a picture with a bit of whimsy to avoid having a 'truck' in the pic.
Anything can tow anything...what matters is how well, how safely and
for how long...we all know a 'half ton' *CAN* tow the Shuttle...I've
seen it many, many times on TV... :B
How well can it do it? How safely can it do it? How LONG can it do it?
So...that motorcycle (tricycle?) has a GVWR and it weighs whatever it
is as you see it. Take that actual weight and subtract it from it's
GVWR and that will be it's 'payload', 'cargo', etc...then put a person
on it and now that 'payload'/'cargo' will be less by whatever that person
weighs...add another person and ditto...less 'payload'/'cargo'...put
a hitch on it and ditto...less 'payload'/'cargo'
Since it appears to be homemade...most likely does not have an OEM
sticker(s)
howmuchcanitow howmuchshoulditow
Maybe a diagram of how the various loads, limits/ratings/etc all stack
up...or how they look like down to pavement...instead of having to
mentally visualize from verbiage
Found a picture with a bit of whimsy to avoid having a 'truck' in the pic.
Anything can tow anything...what matters is how well, how safely and
for how long...we all know a 'half ton' *CAN* tow the Shuttle...I've
seen it many, many times on TV... :B
How well can it do it? How safely can it do it? How LONG can it do it?
So...that motorcycle (tricycle?) has a GVWR and it weighs whatever it
is as you see it. Take that actual weight and subtract it from it's
GVWR and that will be it's 'payload', 'cargo', etc...then put a person
on it and now that 'payload'/'cargo' will be less by whatever that person
weighs...add another person and ditto...less 'payload'/'cargo'...put
a hitch on it and ditto...less 'payload'/'cargo'
Since it appears to be homemade...most likely does not have an OEM
sticker(s)

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