GVWR

Reddog1 wrote:

Kayteg1 wrote:
GVWR is administrative number and depends at what bracket the state taxes go up.
You see it jumping from 11,400 to 14,000 to 15,000 lb.
That is where most states change taxes and/or licensing requirements.
For years I drove F450 with 15k rating and had it at or above 20k more than once. Tires were good for 22k.
Don't plan your set base on taxing clerks charts, but get real axle ratings and go from there.

I find this to be a very informative post. It would be great if it were accepted by the weight Police. Unfortunately, many people are obsessed with the door sticker without really understanding it.

Wayne

On the surface this seems very reassuring . It's OK to go 25 per cent over the manufacturers posted limit . Someone did it and it didn't break . I have yet to read how exactly the manufacturers establish the GVWR or GCWR , I suspect the government is also involved and not just the industry .

Just about everything made has a safety factor built in , the trouble is that rarely if every is that information available to the public .
I wonder why proponents of ignoring GVWR ratings are usually adamant about not exceeding axle or tire limits . Wouldn't these have the same safety factor built in ?

Ask yourself , when using a chain for pulling or lifting , do you go by the working load limit or the breaking load limit ? ( One of the few items that actually gives you that information . )

I think that the discussion of weights and their effects is a good one ,even though there have been many , each time I learn a little more . I have knowingly exceeded the limits on tools and machines on occasion , sometimes I have gotten away with it and sometimes not .

It is unfortunate that the label "weight police" is used so often as a way of shutting down the other half of the discussion .