Over weight? Does it bother you?
From spending time in here lots of people have said that they were over weight with the camper. I'm over weight. Does it worry you? Does it keep you from going where you want to go? How much ...
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My truck camper exceeded the manufacturer's rated capacity of my vehicle.
I sold it to someone else and bought a fifth wheel that doesn't.
I don't think it matters by what definition you're overloaded. If you're over payload, GVWR, GCWR, tire ratings, the rating for either axle, etc., you're overloaded.
While there is probably a significant engineering factor for the vehicles themselves, for tires, I wouldn't expect there to be any. Truck tires are engineered to carry their full capacity for their usable life. I have not and would not ever overload a tire by even a single pound. That is seriously dangerous on a level way beyond overloading the truck itself by a few pounds.
Modern vehicles have tons of power compared to the ones from yesterday. When I started RVing the trucks were slow compared to now so it was easy to know when a truck was overloaded. Nowadays it's way less obvious handling and braking characteristics that are going to be the weak point, because the drivetrains themselves can certainly accelerate a very unsafe load to a really unsafe speed.
I sold it to someone else and bought a fifth wheel that doesn't.
I don't think it matters by what definition you're overloaded. If you're over payload, GVWR, GCWR, tire ratings, the rating for either axle, etc., you're overloaded.
While there is probably a significant engineering factor for the vehicles themselves, for tires, I wouldn't expect there to be any. Truck tires are engineered to carry their full capacity for their usable life. I have not and would not ever overload a tire by even a single pound. That is seriously dangerous on a level way beyond overloading the truck itself by a few pounds.
Modern vehicles have tons of power compared to the ones from yesterday. When I started RVing the trucks were slow compared to now so it was easy to know when a truck was overloaded. Nowadays it's way less obvious handling and braking characteristics that are going to be the weak point, because the drivetrains themselves can certainly accelerate a very unsafe load to a really unsafe speed.
