How much weight is too much weight?
I am looking at campers and thinking of a 9.5 foot. They weigh about 2500 lbs and I have a 2500 dodge. I was looking on another site and there were people with 11 foot lance campers that weigh 3300 lb...
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donn0128 wrote:
Dont understand how you can justify a 10% over number? The manufacturers certify to the federal government that their vehicle meets all the applicable standards as to acceleration, handling, braking and safety at the weight number stated on the federal sticker. While there is no federal laws regarding exceeding the numbers, it is common sense to assume that the manufacturer knows at least enough to make a decent judgment call on the weight they have posted.
It really astounds me how many people justify overloading by saying it pulls fine. When it is ultimately so simple to get the right tool for the job. Whether that means a screwdriver or a pickup truck.
X2, no vehicle will suffer catastrophic failure for being a few pounds over but then we also don't know just when that failure will occur, no one does. Not even the engineers who designed the system can pin it down that close. The decisions on what is the maximum weight is based on the weakest link in the system of parts that make up the whole. Problem for us is we don't know what that part is, and no anecdotal evidence offered by Jethro is reliable. If safety is a genuine concern, remaining within every rating established by the maker is the only guaranteed way to achieve this along with diligence to all other safety protocols
