Exceeding GVWR
My brother owns a 2015 GMC 2500HD, DuraMax/Allison 4X4 with a GVWR of 10,000lbs. It CAT scaled with him, his DW and a full tank at 8000lbs. This leaves him 2000lbs remaining payload. They are inte...
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Me Again wrote:
If he is in a state that licenses tonnage, tell him to make sure he pays for enough (like 12K) for the load he is going to haul. And to make sure he does not exceed the RGAWR.
This is your legal answer.
Your brother's truck should be able to handle a FW with GVWR of 14K or less. If his truck has more sag than he likes, he can add air bags, to level truck. Normally a FW will have a pin around 20 percent, but in some cases, maybe 25 percent. So if you add 2K to dry FW wt, you will add about 400-500 lbs to pin wt.
Jerry
