Clarification on tow capacity
If a vehicle says it's tow capacity is 9,000 lbs what does that 9,000 pounds include? Obviously the TT plus whatever we have in it and the water in it... But what else?
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I have done it and don't disagree, have a semi scale 100 yards from the house. The manufacturers have made this towing,complicated to the new tower. Some like Ford have done this with addons for more money with minor changes with the same frame.
I won't bore anyone with the difference in tow and max tow, all on the same frame. Nobody can change the "official" GVWR. Of any truck but most of us know what it consist of, again on the same frame. Speaking Ford f-150 here, nothing else.
In the old days before these tow packages,RVers new what was needed to pull that trailer, large or small and added those features. Now they call it the tow package and the max tow package, in fords case....... As far as the GVWR goes, again in fords case, small but expensive in some cases changes make a couple hundred pound differences to a new axle for 1,000 lbs or more in payload.
You can do some or all of these changes for your personal needs but it does not change the official/stamped GVWR of that truck even though it is exactly the same in componants as higher officially rated GVWR.
In my case only, you can't teach an old dog new tricks.I modify for my needs as I always have before max tow and max payload were ever introduced.
Am I saying you can go over the rated anything.. NO...I am saying each one of us has the choice to stick by the official book or make our own changes to there specs even if there unofficial, most being minor changes or we can just buy a 1 ton to haul a 8,000 lb trailer, properly equipped of course.:B
I won't bore anyone with the difference in tow and max tow, all on the same frame. Nobody can change the "official" GVWR. Of any truck but most of us know what it consist of, again on the same frame. Speaking Ford f-150 here, nothing else.
In the old days before these tow packages,RVers new what was needed to pull that trailer, large or small and added those features. Now they call it the tow package and the max tow package, in fords case....... As far as the GVWR goes, again in fords case, small but expensive in some cases changes make a couple hundred pound differences to a new axle for 1,000 lbs or more in payload.
You can do some or all of these changes for your personal needs but it does not change the official/stamped GVWR of that truck even though it is exactly the same in componants as higher officially rated GVWR.
In my case only, you can't teach an old dog new tricks.I modify for my needs as I always have before max tow and max payload were ever introduced.
Am I saying you can go over the rated anything.. NO...I am saying each one of us has the choice to stick by the official book or make our own changes to there specs even if there unofficial, most being minor changes or we can just buy a 1 ton to haul a 8,000 lb trailer, properly equipped of course.:B
