Trailer Life Article about GCWR...etc.
I noticed in the Trailer Life October 2016 edition in the article titled "Take a load off": The author states about the GCWR "there is nothing that can be done to increase a vehicle's GCWR and it m...
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AS stated, decide if you believe in the rating/limits/recommendations from your
OEM or not
Regulation is spotty at best and much better for commercial drivers & their vehicles
GCWR is a fairly new rating and will take a while to settle in. Both for
the drivers and regulatory folks (city, county, state, feds)
Continues to amaze me and wonder if the advisers who advise to ignore ratings
likewise ignore ratings on other things in their lives????
Like getting into an elevator with a rating of 10 people, which has 11 people?
Or a boat/ship with a rating for the number of folks it is rated to carry?
On those two, the ratings system has changed. Used to be both use a 150lb
person and now boating uses a 180lb person...don't know if elevators have
likewise gone to the 180lb person or not.
Ditto life vests (know they have another name, but don't remember)...they
have a rating. Kinda sorta remember they are in classes and types when looking
for my windsurfer life vest. Decided on a sports/ski vest with the extra
straps and buckles...as my speeds are in the +25MPH range...IIRC Type III
Many lakes out here on the West Coast will NOT allow you to enter (even if you
are willing to pay the entry fees) without a Type III vest (gotta use it too)
What am getting at is that automotive (non commercial) is very poorly or
lax on enforcement and for that matter knowledge by the users is very low
{edit}...oh, a few months ago, helped neighbor with their new
appliance...it would NOT plug into their wall socket
Checked it out and find that it is a 110 volt, 20 amp cord/plug
that they were trying to plug into a 110 volt, 15 amp wall socket
There is a reason the OEM and regulatory agencies have the blade
turned 90* on the hot blade...
I didn't cut off the cord plug and told them to change the wall
socket AFTER they upgraded the wiring & circuit breaker...they
didn't believe and hired an electrician...who said the same thing...
Could have done it, but then the ratings would not match...it would
work most of the time, but when it was in the upper end towards
20 amps...
OEM or not
Regulation is spotty at best and much better for commercial drivers & their vehicles
GCWR is a fairly new rating and will take a while to settle in. Both for
the drivers and regulatory folks (city, county, state, feds)
Continues to amaze me and wonder if the advisers who advise to ignore ratings
likewise ignore ratings on other things in their lives????
Like getting into an elevator with a rating of 10 people, which has 11 people?
Or a boat/ship with a rating for the number of folks it is rated to carry?
On those two, the ratings system has changed. Used to be both use a 150lb
person and now boating uses a 180lb person...don't know if elevators have
likewise gone to the 180lb person or not.
Ditto life vests (know they have another name, but don't remember)...they
have a rating. Kinda sorta remember they are in classes and types when looking
for my windsurfer life vest. Decided on a sports/ski vest with the extra
straps and buckles...as my speeds are in the +25MPH range...IIRC Type III
Many lakes out here on the West Coast will NOT allow you to enter (even if you
are willing to pay the entry fees) without a Type III vest (gotta use it too)
What am getting at is that automotive (non commercial) is very poorly or
lax on enforcement and for that matter knowledge by the users is very low
{edit}...oh, a few months ago, helped neighbor with their new
appliance...it would NOT plug into their wall socket
Checked it out and find that it is a 110 volt, 20 amp cord/plug
that they were trying to plug into a 110 volt, 15 amp wall socket
There is a reason the OEM and regulatory agencies have the blade
turned 90* on the hot blade...
I didn't cut off the cord plug and told them to change the wall
socket AFTER they upgraded the wiring & circuit breaker...they
didn't believe and hired an electrician...who said the same thing...
Could have done it, but then the ratings would not match...it would
work most of the time, but when it was in the upper end towards
20 amps...
