It's really pretty simple. The manufacturers post "recommended" GVWR and GCWR figures. Once you buy the truck, you can take one of two choices;
1) Register it at a certain weight (based on how much license you can afford) and ignore the manufacturer's ratings; or
2) Try to stay within the manufacturer's ratings.
Approach #1 has a couple of zealous advocates on here who aren't willing to stand up and say that they ignore the manufacturer's ratings. Instead, they say some combination of "axle ratings are all that matters" "as long as I paid my license fees, I'm good" "the hotshot and commercial haulers laugh at the RV folks."
Approach #1 simply means that the users are ignoring the manufacturer's ratings. Fair enough, that's their choice. I think that choice deserves just as much belittling and perjorative naming as do the people who choose to stay within the manufacturer's ratings and get the lable of "weight police".
Can we come up with a new term: Rating ignorers?
