F350 payload dispute
New F350 SRW that I'm considering says 3326 lbs on the payload sticker with a 11500 GVWR. I asked for this info before the dealer had it brought in from another dealer. Salesperson and fleet manager s...
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toedtoes wrote:
I believe if you are in an accident and you are overloaded they will use that against you. Happened to my aunt's ex years ago. He severely overloaded his vehicle and therefore was at fault for the accident.
I call BS to that. If he was found at fault for negligence then it would have been regardless if he was over the manufactures payload rating or GVWR. If what you say were the case, then just about every state would get sued for registering vehicles to carry more weight than what is on the factory sticker which is very common.
The main reason for using GVWR for vehicles classification is for emissions standards and USDOT highway standards for different classes.
