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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Ron Gratz wrote:
IMO, anyone who questions the importance of GVWR (or any other rating) should read Trailer Towing Illegally.
Ron
Ron,
Excellent article and confirms the salient points I keep trying to make in these discussions by ACTUAL ATTORNEYS. Folk keep trying to refer to "internet lawyers" and want reference to cases listed on the internet, but the fact remains that ignoring such things as GVWR and hitch/safety related requirements for trailer towing exposes one to POTENTIAL LIFE CHANGING risks. I wonder if these doubters take the same risks by not carrying fire or theft insurance on their homes or even comprehensive auto insurance or say collision and liability in excess of the min required in their states. IMO it boils down to risk exposure and how much you are will to accept and for me it is just too simple to remove that with the proper choice in either a TV or a TT.
Larry
