Can someone explain this?

MFL wrote:

Grit dog wrote:
Shiner, your preaching to the choir, this horse is beat down dead. (But you were looking for the debate when you started the thread anyway)

Yup, Grit has nailed it again!

I can remember someone, I think a Mod, maybe Barney, posting a pick of a dead horse, upside down on it's back.

I,m just going to add my .02, that I have posted before. If only the folks towing an RV, staying within all/every rating of the TV, were allowed on the public roadways, I'd not need a camping reservation, even on Holidays. :)

Jerry

Exactly! One of the major reasons I posted this was due to some one saying I needed more truck for hauling 3k ,even though I was well within my GAWR, and said a 1 ton was needed.

This reminded me about the 1 tons I saw that had a lower GAWR than my truck when I was helping my father in law pick out a new truck. If I had that 1 ton then I would be over the rear GAWR with 3,100 lbs while still being under its GVWR, but would be over my 2500's GVWR while still being under it's rear GAWR.

Then there are the manufactures that de-rate their trucks to fit in a lower class like Ford does with their F450 and some F350's. This is not the case for all manufacturers because some like Ram seam to just increase the capabilities of the trucks in their current class like how select Ram 3500 trucks has similar specs and capabilities of F450's and Ram 2500's has higher specs and capabilities of select F350's.

I would wager that no one would question a de-rated 10k GVWR F350 going over it's GVWR simply because it has a "3" in the badge, but would question a Ram 2500 going over it's 10k GVWR even though the Ram has higher GAWR than the de-rated F350. As was stated earlier, it is not as simple as it looks and the old way of judging a trucks capabilities based on the numbers in their badge or whether they are a 1 ton or 3/4 ton goes out the window especially between makes.