Kayteg1 wrote:
JIMNLIN wrote:
IMO its fruitless trying to figure why or how a truck makers arrives at a GVWR or the GAWRs for a particular truck.
I never had a problem with this part.
Check with DMV what GWVR steps up registration fee, or require special licencing.
In CA pickup is a vehicle with GVWR of no more than 13,400lb and guess what the sticker on my dually says?
In other states 10,000lb is magic number where the fees step up sharply.
That is why you have so many pickups with 9980lb stickers.
Then we have states like mine that have no weight of any kind for vehicle registration purposes (unless the truck is registered for commercial service.) Our private use vehicle titles have a line for registered weights but its blank in this state.
I saw where one poster from a northeast state says his state requires a GCW registration . I've seen others say they have a gross laden weight and others a GVW.
This from CA website Q&A about declaring weights;
California
Declared Operating Weight
What are GVW and CGW?
3. Q - Can I declare an operating weight higher than my vehicle's Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR)?
A-** Yes, but only if you are declaring the weight of your vehicle in combination with a towed vehicle and its load (the Combined Gross Weight). NOTE: A declared Combined Gross Weight does not authorize a truck without another vehicle in tow to exceed the truck's authorized axle weight limits.**
