GVWR

mowermech wrote:

john&bet wrote:

Walaby wrote:
Your rear GAWR is 6340 and your actual rear axle weight is 6340?

You're at your max on Rear Axle weight.

I agree with that GVWR for 3/4 ton is artificially set at 10K, but axle ratings are not.

Are you sure your rear GAWR is 6340? Aren't those ratings normally at the hundreths (ie 6300 or 6400)?

There's more the the RAWR than the tires. Axles themselves, springs etc...

Mike

In your expert opinion what should the gvw be for a 3/4 ton truck if 10,000 is low?

In my opinion, based on a little over 60 years of owning trucks (starting with a 1936 Ford half ton, 6000 GVW), the GVW on a truck should be whatever the owner wants to pay for. As I have stated previously, the registered GVW for my old '94 one ton was 14K. I knew it was practically impossible for me to ever exceed that weight!
Come to think of it, I'm not sure what the GVW is on my 3/4 ton. Maybe I should check it...

I remember my Dad's first 1 tom was a Dodge D 300 with a 225CID slant 6. He had it tagged for 16k. We carried wheat to the elevator at that weight. Yip the font was a little light, but it got the job done and didn't break into. All his 1 tons carried 16K plates thru his last '83. None of them ever broke into or down. His last two carried 11' utility boxes on them.