wing_zealot wrote:
rhagfo wrote:
Otrfun, the example in your post is an extreme case and the owner was either not aware or just didn't care!!!!! Over tire, and axle, you really can't fix stupid!
Yes many like myself run over GVWR, but respect axle and tire ratings! I have seen rigs like you described, they just don't look at anything but what looks cool!
I my case we were headed to Oregon coast on a snow covered Highway 6, it was a 4X4 diesel big tires, pulling a TT toy hauler. There was a snow plow in front and we were going about 45 to 50 and the guy was about a car length behind the plow!
Any sudden movement slowing or stop of the plow he would be wrapped around it.
Otrfun's post was supposedly a quote from a post he says he saw somewhere else posted by someone he doesn't know. That's the way it always is lots of hyperbole no facts, names, court case numbers, dates, or anything. Didn't happen, blowing smoke.
The post in Cummins FourmThese get to the same point as diesel vs gas.
Now days for a given size of truck there are as many as 40 differnt GVWR, on a whole 2500's are the same truck as a 3500 (even more in the past) with softer springs, and a sticker that maxes the GVWR at 10,000#!
In my personal case I am over GVWR, but about 500# under stock rear axle rating about 1,300# under the camper package sized rear tires.
So that must make my rig extreamy overload and an extream danger to all others on the road.
