What the "weight popo" know is the little sticker on the door has nothing to do with legal weight limits. It's the campfire story tellers who don't know but continue repeating erroneous info. The "weight popo" spent hours and hours and days of training reading and learning the law to get certified. The campfire story tellers couldn't find weight laws if you gave them the section.
Manufacturers do not make the law.
Sorry Wadcutter, that wasn't intended toward you. That was directed to the ones who pipe in on every question with "what does that sticker say". Trust me, I agree with you completely on this subject.
If you notice I didn't use the term legal weight in my post, I was strictly referring to the ability to modify a truck to handle more than the manufacturers "recommendation"
Sorry you felt I was stepping on your toes