need sanity check on weight calcs
Hi - looking to purchase a new TV/TC to carry my DW and me into retirement. I've done the math and I don't like what I'm seeing so I thought I'd post up here to make sure I'm doing things right. F...
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mkirsch wrote:
Common practice in the TC community is to ignore GVWR and use axle ratings as your limits. That typically gains you another 1000-2000lbs of payload capacity, so you're no longer "overloaded."
Yep. Seen it numerous times, and done it myself a few. Shoot, I filled the back of my dad's '01 dually with 6k worth of gravel, it was at 14.5k with us in it. Truck was still under the tire/wheel ratings even though it was about 3k over GVWR. With the exception of the squat (was not on the bump stops), it drove and stopped quite well.
