Towing capacity vs max cargo weight rating
Hello all! Can someone clarify something for me? If a truck's max gooseneck trailer loaded weight is 15,100 lbs (as per manufacturer towing guide - it is a Ford) - how can the max cargo weight rati...
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MFL wrote:
The payload number on door, 1,792 is just the weight of your truck, as it left the factory, subtracted from 10,000 registration wt. That means your truck weighed 8,208 as a finished truck as shipped.
You need to weigh your truck, ready to tow, full fuel, passengers, and gear. Weigh axles separately, to determine how much is left to add to rear axle. For example rear axle weighs 3,350, and your RAWR is 6,350. You can add 3K to rear axle, such as pin wt of a FW or gooseneck trailer.
Jerry, thanks. Is this the legal aspect or the practical aspect? In other words - if you were in an accident and taken to the scales (does this happen in real life?) and you were over the 1792 lbs payload on the pin but under the (RAWR - scale weight of rear axle) calculation - which one is chosen as the legal definition of overweight?
