Huge discrepancies
We have been looking at F-150s. Each time we find one that looks like a likely candidate, we call the dealership and ask about it, including the payload capacity. Four out of four people have given ...
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brulaz wrote:spoon059 wrote:
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If I am over GVWR and under GCWR then the brakes are still adequately rated for the weight, no matter where that weight lies.
If my truck weighs 7200 lbs and the trailer weights 8800 lbs, I am at my GCWR and my brakes have met the federal regulation standard. If my truck weights in at 7500 lbs and the trailer weights 8500 lbs, I am still at my GCWR and my brakes still meet the standard.
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It's my understanding that the GCWR assumes the trailer can stop itself. You seem to be saying that the truck's brakes are rated for the full GCWR not just the GVWR. Don't think that's right.
While it's true that the brakes are tested to FMVSS safety standards at the GVWR, but you have to remember that in fairly hard braking there is a LOT OF EXTRA braking naturally performed by the TV especially on the front axle of the TV. This becomes important and even critical in down hill braking where heat and brake fade can become a factor. I also content, but can't prove that there is just no way that the normal electric brakes on a TT provide the level of braking that the power assisted and now days disk brakes provide on modern TVs. This is why I sort of cringe when I see a 7K GVWR towing a 9K TT.
Larry
