ShapeShifter wrote:
Wadcutter wrote:
"20 k is the axle rating. I would say somewhere around 17 k for normally loaded and if it has a tag axle that weight can be adjusted thru the tag."
So it's just his guess. And that means what? Add the fact that he's talking about a tag axle that wasn't announced until several years later, and still is not in production on that model, and it's clear that he doesn't really have much credibility.
Or perhaps his guess is more credible than a certified scale slip?
Looking at it another way, riddle me this Batman: The CCC calculation sticker on my rig states that it has much less than 3,000 pounds of CCC for both axles, and some of that CCC is on the front axle. That means that the avaialable capacity for the rear axle is significantly less than 3,000 pounds. So, when "normally loaded," how can the rear axle weight be 3,000 pounds less than the rating? The math clearly doesn't add up. Yet another indication that perhaps the person who answered your email was mistaken.
Go ahead and believe what you want. I'm not trying to change your mind. I'm just trying to make sure that someone who might be in the same situation doesn't have their head stuck in the sand, and if they think they might be close they should get themselves weighed. It's a common scenario on this forum that when people finally do weigh their rigs, they are surprised by just how much weight they are carrying around.
I'll believe the company Technical Advisor until I see a weigh ticket that is different from the other weigh tickets I've seen on the larger Class As. His guess is most likely dependant on exactly what you're loading since what you carry would be different than what anyone would carry. What you apparently failed to read since you didn't highlight it was his statement
"normally loaded".
Here's the answer for you Robin. Read what you just wrote.
"sticker on my rig states". You're going off stickers and weight ratings. Weight rating stickers aren't actual weights. Your math doesn't add up because you're going by ratings and not actual weights. Very simple answer.
So answer this Robin. Just how long do you think it would be before dealers and HR would be getting a ton of irrate phone calls from customers when they're sitting in a weigh scale in some remote location, just paid a stiff fine, and not allowed to move their rigs because they couldn't get legal? Don't you think HR and the other makers know that? Just how many new rigs do you think they would be selling with a history of their rigs being stopped, weighed, and held because they can't get legal?
