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PA12DRVR
Jul 03, 2016Explorer
If your as-loaded, maximum full of fuel, ready to camp weight is 3.6% over your vehicles GVWR, it's not something I'd sweat, but I suspect you could find places to take out a couple hundred #'s and be back under.
If you're basing everything on dry weight, that 3.6% overload will become 15% before you know it or even higher and that deserves serious consideration.
No other person can tell you "It's safe" (or unsafe with certainty). If all your weights are as-loaded, ready to go, unless you're using a CAT scale every trip, that 3.6% is probably within a rounding error and not significant.....but for the sake of thoroughness, I'd suggest weighing everything on an as-ready-to-go basis to see if the 3.6% is close to reality.
If you're basing everything on dry weight, that 3.6% overload will become 15% before you know it or even higher and that deserves serious consideration.
No other person can tell you "It's safe" (or unsafe with certainty). If all your weights are as-loaded, ready to go, unless you're using a CAT scale every trip, that 3.6% is probably within a rounding error and not significant.....but for the sake of thoroughness, I'd suggest weighing everything on an as-ready-to-go basis to see if the 3.6% is close to reality.
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