Anyone ever actually have their weight checked/ticketed?

Not sure if your remark was meant for me due to it being right after my last opinion... meanings can get lost in the written word.

But a 2004 2500 Dodge I believe also has 17" rims. There really is no weight ratings on them that have been documented. One can only assume that they are rated for at least the weight capacity of the tires that were stock on the truck.

This means the wheels are rated for at least #3,197 assuming a Load Index of 121 for stock tires. You mention Toyo tires. What Load Index are they? I see you weighed your truck but what are the rears only carrying?

I am not flaming you nor I am I falling into you "gauge of what everyone thinks" but I have researched the $#!t out of the limitations of 17" wheels to find out the best for me. What I have found, based on my truck, that most folks who are running SRW 17" with large campers are woefully over any known wheel rating... AND I am not saying that you are in this group without any numbers to your specific rig.

I would love to see any documented wheel rating for the Dodge 17" rims that would change my known assumptions.

I agree with you that most 1/2T campers would be over, but the limitations of the 17" on SRW for us Dodge folks 'aint much better.

respectfully,
frank.

Yeah, thanks. Between the DRW trucks with a four-wheel pop up and F150 with Elkhorn 13.5 I was just trying to gauge what everyone thinks. Case Closed;)

Griffon12 wrote:
Thanks, some of these people talk as if the wheels are gonna break and camper will turn into an atom bomb if over....

I thoroughly analyzed my weights for truck camper combo listed in the sig. I am running stock steel wheels with my mid-size camper. The numbers came up that I am #75 over for the rear wheels, but I stepped up to a greater Load Index tire and am well within those numbers and under the axle rating. I am comfortable with my setup for a mid-size camper and 17" wheels& tires, BUT..

..I often see rigs out there with stock 17" wheels and tires running MUCH larger and heavier campers on a SRW Dodge. In my opinion, those rigs might be the epitome of "ignorance is bliss" because there is no way I would be hauling those big campers on a similar truck with stock rims.

In my opinion, most folks do not analyze large campers on a SRW truck to really understand the numbers... but this is only an opinion and I believe that most might be surprised if they knew.

JMHO-DYDD.

stickdog wrote:
"Legally over" Could you give us the specific law you are breaking. Now if your tags are for 9000 lbs, then yes you are cheating the tax man.

PRECISELLY.
As Reddog pointed- subject discussed on forum million times and the message is still not getting trough.
Good part, being below 11,500lb GVW you are legally driving pickup, so can bypass most of the weight stations.

I really encourage you to do a search on RV.Net for weight. It has been discussed so many times and it is a very valid concern. Too many people give misinformation on this subject. Unless I missed it, so far this thread has been correct.

Wayne

As long as you're under the tire/wheel/axle ratings on your truck and you're comfortable with the handling, drive on.

Thanks, some of these people talk as if the wheels are gonna break and camper will turn into an atom bomb if over....

The GVWR sticker is not a legal document, so you're not legally overweight. Now if your state registers the vehicle by GVWR and you have it registered as say a 7200 lb vehicle, then you're legally overweight. Otherwise...

Federal law controls maximum gross vehicle weights and axle loads on the Interstate System. Federal limits are 80,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, 20,000 pounds on a single axle, and 34,000 pounds on a tandem axle group

https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/policy/rpt_congress/truck_sw_laws/index.htm

Note, this is in the US.

"Legally over" Could you give us the specific law you are breaking. Now if your tags are for 9000 lbs, then yes you are cheating the tax man.

Only in British Columbia can you be stopped.
But being in CA you could get ticketed in case of an accident.
Years ago I had a boss who skidded off the wet road one night. When he got back to the truck to tow it out of the ditch he had a ticket on the window for an unsafe vehicle (bald tires).