Quick question on tow ratings
When I weight my truck and trailer at the scale and if the ticket says front axle x amount of pounds and the rear axle says x amount of pounds if I combine these two weights that amount should not exc...
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rjstractor wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:
What IS complicated is that they have a rear axle rating that you simply can't load to without exceeding the GVWR.
Exactly. My 2000 F250 has a RGAWR rating of 6084 and a GVWR of 8800. To hit the RGAWR without exceeding the GVWR I'd have to unload the front axle to less than 2800 lbs (don't know how that's even possible with the heavy diesel engine) which would put a huge amount of stress on the frame and make it drive like a pig on roller skates. It would be much safer IMO to keep the front axle at 4000 or so, even though that puts me way over on GVWR. Adding my FGAWR and RGAWR together (like most commercial trucks) would put my GVWR at over 11,000.
It's all just plain STUPID!!!
