Payload discrepancies
What is the true payload of this truck? Stated payload 3094# Difference between curb weight and GVWR 2865# Door placard max passengers and cargo. ...
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4x4ord wrote:
I tend to load er up and go. If the truck acts overloaded I take it easy. In Alberta we are supposed to be mindful of our tire ratings.....axle ratings are enforced on big trucks next but disrespecting a vehicles payload, which is derived from the GVWR doesn't have much consequence as far as I know.
4x4ord - yer correct - an AB scale officer confirmed my SRW 3500 on 265mm tires would be legal at 265 x 10kg/mm of x 2 tires = 5300kg per axle OR the maximum load rating/psi of the tires whichever is less. In addition it is an offence to operate a vehicle that is "unsafely loaded." DOT has discretion to weigh any vehicle that appears to be unsafely loaded.
Would this truck be considered "unsafely loaded" as it cruised by a DOT patrol 10 mins before this happened?
