MFG Ratings what are the limiting factors
I know this post will not change the MFG rating no matter what is stated that is not the point. The point is that there are many after market products out there and in the end they do not change what ...
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Add that it may not be that bolt, bracket, frame section (they are
now made up of several sections on most OEMs) etc
It can be the stopping distance, the ability to get the GCWR going
from a dead stop...several times...at the worst ambients (incline,
altitude, humidity, temp, etc, etc)
It can be the MTBF for 'that' model line
It could be the tolerance variation & stack up on the worst case
scenario for in house components/sub-systems/etc to out sourced
products
and a big ETC...
Add that it may not be that bolt, bracket, frame section (they are
now made up of several sections on most OEMs) etc
It can be the stopping distance, the ability to get the GCWR going
from a dead stop...several times...at the worst ambients (incline,
altitude, humidity, temp, etc, etc)
It can be the MTBF for 'that' model line
It could be the tolerance variation & stack up on the worst case
scenario for in house components/sub-systems/etc to out sourced
products
and a big ETC...
Dog Trainer wrote:fla-gypsy wrote:john&bet wrote:
I think it better to ask the engineers at the OEM manufactures.
This is really the issue. Only the engineering design team know for sure and they aren't divulging that information. It could be as simple as the shear rating of the bolts used to hold it together but you cannot with 100% certainty know that. Many choose (unwisely IMO) to ignore the ratings and just do what they want. I'm not one of them since I don't know what exactly is the limiting factor and I value the continued good service my truck provides me and seek to keep it that way.
I too think this is the real answer. We do not know where the weak component is and the Mfg ain't saying.
