Towing Grand Marquis
We own a 2007 Mercury Grand Marquis (VIN# 2MEFM75V27X641091) with the 4.6 liter V8 engine and a 4 speed transmission, I'm a electrician/mechanic by trade so I installed a aux. transmission cooler that...
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TECMike wrote:
In the trucking industry, I suspect there are cases of trucks and trailers being overloaded and exceeding their design capacity.
As a result, trucks often must go through federal DOT weigh stations on interstates to have their weights checked.
Too, if troopers stop a truck and suspect overloading, the trooper often weighs the truck using portable scales.
There are those who believe these procedures will eventually apply and filter down to the RV industry.
To add on to what was just said, large trucks are typically licensed for less than what their factory GVWRs are, to make them legal by axle load laws. For example, I sometimes drive a box truck with a factory GVWR of 52000, but it's only licensed for 46000 because that's the maximum legal weight for that particular truck configuration.
