New to Truck Camping
Hi! My husband and I recently decided that we wanted to skip our original plan to get a 5th wheel and instead look at truck campers. As we started looking around and exploring weights and options,...
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bighatnohorse wrote:Kayteg1 wrote:bighatnohorse wrote:
I assume that you're looking at the tag on the door frame?
The door frame tag weight limit is based on the load capacity of the tires...
When that might happen, I have never seen it.
Please don't digress into "taxable" babble - it doesn't apply.
Please spend some time at a truck dealership - you'll have to ditch the sales people first - and it will happen after your first three visits - and then look at the axles, the tires, the load ratings and see how they vary from truck-to-truck.
(Yes, it takes some homework.)
You, as will anyone, will begin to see how the GVWR and axle ratings are established by the truck manufacturer.
The real axle load ratings are established by the axle manufacturer - not the Ford/Chevy/Ram manufacturers - and never listed on the door frame.
You will see the same axles on different truck models - but the "axle rating" will vary - and it will always be dependent on the tire load rating.
Usually a few hundred pounds under the tire load rating will be the trucks GVWR and axle rating.
I agree, generally the “weak link” is tires/wheels, but you’re messed up like a soup sandwich stating that HD trucks Axle and gvw rating is Based on tires like that’s a fact.
Actually that is mostly a coincidence on srw 1 tons based on the “taxable” gvw. Not the case for 3/4 tons or duallys or 3/4 tons would be rated for much more and duallys as well.
Kayteg didn’t digress, you just don’t understand the whole story, like a lot of people.
