Newbie needing beginners advice
Hello everyone, I have tent camped all my life and am now about 8 years from retirement. I purchased a very clean 2002 f350 superduty 7.3L PSD 4wd cc drw 8’box and have bought but have not installed ...
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GAR2 wrote:
Thank you— I read the towing guide, but what I take away from it is you should never exceed the GVWR and the F/R-AWR depends on weight distribution and should also never be exceeded. I did notice my truck has a GCWR of 20,000. LB for payload and trailering. I think the most important comment I read in the guide was “if exceeding GVWR and are involved in an accident your insurance company may not cover the claim”. This is the exact reason I run ‘D’ plates and have my truck semi-annually inspected in the State of Illinois, due to our Secretary of State Laws. We have lots of truck owners ((IL) running ‘B’ plates and no inspections on their 3/4 & 1 ton pickups- For me it’s not worth the gamble to spend a few extra dollars. I don’t neccessarily agree with the inspection, but it’s IL Law and there are some people who don’t maintain their vehicles.
And here is where we separate church and state. You're licensed to 12klbs and state inspected.
The naysayers will tell you over 11,500lbs on your truck is somehow illegal and you have a great chance of losing everything in an accident when you get sued.
Try finding one of those folks to provide a real world example of that....
BTW, in your example with D plates, the naysayers would still call you 500lbs overweight at 12klbs with your truck (which you aren't).
For your truck, I wouldn't blink twice at anything under 5klbs ready to camp. Truck will haul that with authority, safely, with minimal mods.
