How rigid is payload number
OK the Mrs and I have chosen a TT, Rockwood 8311SS. It is within my tow limit, the question I have is the payload number. How critical is it to be below your payload number? I have a Ram 1500, w...
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kaydeejay wrote:
Wanna bet! If the truck is loaded beyond GVWR and an accident due to a brake fade situation occurs, who do you think is going to held responsible?
It sure won't be the Manufacturer!
(This also assumes the trailer does its fair share of the work, if not the situation is even worse. Truck brakes are rated for a max of GVWR, NOT GCWR)
Seriously? Can you point to ANY reasonably recent (say, last 10 years) case where the manufacturer was held liable for an accident that came about as a result of brake fade, with or without a trailer?
Sorry - brake fade is just poor driving.
(BTW - this isn't a defense of driving over the limits - see previous post for my opinion on that.)
