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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I have yet to get an over weight ticket towing/hauling commercially. Including the time my manufacture 18200 gvwr IHC was at 27,xxx lbs. Yes I was over paid for registration of 26000. But I was under allowed axle wight limits by around 1000 lbs per axle. I was given a 10 day up registration to 28000. All of $12.50 iirc. Even if I would have been ticketed, it's a non moving violation, does not go on driving record, etc etc.
What hurt was the pea gravel falling on the road under barn doors of flat bed. That was $200. THAT went on driving insurance record.
There are drivers that daily depending upon where they drive, state etc follows the federal bridge laws, that get fined. They pay the fine tax for how bad they are damaging the roadbed, continue on there way! THAT is what wieght laws pay for, and make sure you are following the engineer spec for a point load on the road bed. Be it on solid ground, or a bridge. The BRIDGE in that law refers to you spreading the load on the road, do you are not overly damaging it.
LEO, and CVEO peeps do not care if your over the performance ratings of our trucks. They enforce the design limits of the road bed. Have been doing so since the early to mid 1800's. There is lots of citations that show how etc weights are enforced. NOT ONE refers to manufactured ratings.
Remember this the next time you see an overloaded per manufacture rating. There are laws etc to get those peeps off the road, wieght will probably not be one of them.
Marty
What hurt was the pea gravel falling on the road under barn doors of flat bed. That was $200. THAT went on driving insurance record.
There are drivers that daily depending upon where they drive, state etc follows the federal bridge laws, that get fined. They pay the fine tax for how bad they are damaging the roadbed, continue on there way! THAT is what wieght laws pay for, and make sure you are following the engineer spec for a point load on the road bed. Be it on solid ground, or a bridge. The BRIDGE in that law refers to you spreading the load on the road, do you are not overly damaging it.
LEO, and CVEO peeps do not care if your over the performance ratings of our trucks. They enforce the design limits of the road bed. Have been doing so since the early to mid 1800's. There is lots of citations that show how etc weights are enforced. NOT ONE refers to manufactured ratings.
Remember this the next time you see an overloaded per manufacture rating. There are laws etc to get those peeps off the road, wieght will probably not be one of them.
Marty
