I don't understand your post. You mention that Ford and Chevy make no mention of payload capacity, but they clearly state not to go over the truck's GVWR. If you go over the the truck's GVWR you exceed the payload capacity.
rinconvtr wrote:
...Per Ford and Chevy towing guide, which make little to no mention of payload capacity, seem to be on my side of the fence...
Ford:
Addition of trailer tongue(trailer king pin for 5th-wheel towing) load weight and weight of passengers and cargo cannot cause vehicle weights to exceed rear GAWR or GVWR...
I think it is funny that there is so much argument over objective figures. Yes, they can all be measured and the numbers don't lie. One either chooses to operate within the given parameters or not.
Case in point: My 1/2 ton truck had a GVWR of 7000lbs and a tow rating of 7500. I bought a trailer with a dry weight of 6500lbs thinking I was okay. I didn't even have it fully loaded yet and when I took the combo to the scales with the family I was 40lbs over GVWR and 600lbs over GCWR. Some on this forum would argue that 40lbs over GVWR is okay, however I felt over is over and I didn't even have it fully loaded yet.
Long story, short. My 2500HD tows the (now loaded) TT so much better that I am glad I made the switch regardless if I could have removed that 40lbs.
My only regret is not coming on this forum before I bought the TT, as I am sure they would have said it's too much trailer and at least made me do some thinking prior to getting myself in a "have to" situation rather than a "want to" one.
