Kayteg1 wrote:
portscanner wrote:
I am over the GVWR and the rear GAWR by > 1000lbs. ...
The 2001 F450 flatbed I used to have - had rear axle rated at about 15k, so I could carry 10,000 lb forklifts on it.
With TC you have issue with sliding the weight to the front, but then even the heaviest campers are less than 5000 lb.
So I wonder how did you load it to exceed rear axle rating?
When changing the truck is 1 option, removing flatbed, or making it shorter might be another.
From what I know Dodge 4500 with the same configuration will have smaller payload than Ford.
I did make one mistake
I am over the rear axle rating of the F450 by 380 lbs, but over the GVWR by 1160 lbs
the sticker on the door says the rear axle is 9000 lbs and the GVWR is 13300
The dodge I am looking at has a GVWR of 16500 and a rear axle of 12000
