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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JIMNLIN wrote:
4) (sniped).. "Front and rear GAWRs will, in all cases, sum to a number equal to or greater than the GVWR for the particular vehicle".. (sniped).
What Ford is saying is if they wanted they could sum the axle rating for the trucks GVWR.
Now anyone can guess why they do or don't do so.
What's there to guess? It is reasonable to assume that things like engine, transmission, brakes, or even steering could result in a Gross rating less than the sum of two of the components. It "might" be the the sum of the axles but is often less.
What Ford is saying is that the GVWR is the rating of "all" components taken together. If only rawr matters they could simply build a fleet of F-150's with ten different rear axles to handle any conceivable load.
