Door sticker says never exceed 1263 lbs of cargo/passengers.

Old-Biscuit wrote:
If your friends truck isn't overloaded....why did he need additional leaf spring and considering more :S

Guarantee he is over on GVWR, RAWR and more than likely rear tire MAX Load Rating.

A quick trip across the scales.....nevermind he is in denial

ryanw821 wrote:

RKW wrote:
I figure I'm overloaded by 250 lbs. I guess I could make the wife and the dogs ride in the trailer (joke). I've been looking at new trailers. Instead I need to be looking at a new TV.

What got me researching my own TV ratings was watching my buddy buy heavier and heavier 5th wheel RV's without changing his TV. Two trailers ago he installed an additional leaf spring to "take out the sag of the truck bed". Then he bought another trailer 3 months ago and said he needed another leak spring! That got us in an argument about him being overloaded. He said he checked the numbers and he was still in range. I told him I didn't check the numbers on his TV but I could still tell he was overloaded just using common sense. The 5th he has now has a dry hitch weight of 1428 lbs. He has a 2004 Nisan Titan 4X4 (half ton). That's just plain nutz.

Sounds like he is probably dangerously overloaded, heaven forbid he was to be involved in, or be the cause of an accident, he could be looking as some serious criminal charges for something like that. Not to mention insurance companies will not usually pay out on any claims if you are past weight limits of the vehicle.

He could add leaf springs till hes blue in the face, it would never change manufacturers ratings of the vehicle, which is all a crime scene or insurance investigator will care about, they may use it against him saying "he KNEW he was overloaded, why else would he add more springs".

I'm going to personally look at his door sticker and get the real skinny on his limits. Then I'm going to tell him about his legal liabilities and the insurance angle.