RAWR Question?

ShinerBock wrote:

mkirsch wrote:
If we're not to believe the numbers on the door sticker, what DO we believe?

Is there a certain measurement that we can take between the bumper and the ground that tells us the truck is at risk of a component failure?

Or, do we just load whatever, and go?

I guess you have to wing it just like all those people had to do before they started putting those numbers on the door.

Having worked in the medium/heavy duty truck industry all my life, I have come to realize that certain vehicles ratings are limited by regulation, and others are limited by actual component limits. You have to do a little homework to which is limiting your. This should be hard to do since most people have more knowledge in their phone and can quickly access knowledge that would take people just a few decades ago hours, days, weeks or even a lifetime to find out. Sometimes, you would never be able to find out the kind of info you can know within seconds today.

I know you made a typo when you said "This should be hard to do" but you hit upon the truth with that statement. It *IS* hard to do.

The only results of any "research" I try to do on this leads me back to forums like this, where it's the same ages-old argument between the "door sticker" and the "I put way more than that on my truck and nobody died" crowds.

I have found NO numbers, such as the axle is rated for X,XXXlbs, the springs are rated for Y,YYYlbs, and the frame is rated for Z,ZZZlbs. The manufacturers understandably keep this information under lock and key so we as the consumers can't sue them if we hurt or kill ourselves or someone else when going by those numbers instead of the door sticker. Just conjecture from old men who claim to know what they're doing.