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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Cummins12V98 wrote:
BUT, BUT, BUT I can't load to that RATED number.
Acceleration and braking. When you accelerate the weight shifts to the rear axle. When you brake the weight shifts to the front axle. Loaded to GVWR, every time you stomp a pedal, you are overloading an axle.
Why not on larger commercial trucks? Because those trucks are not capable of the levels of acceleration and braking a pickup truck is.
