Truck GVWR vs camper
Alright got a question on if the camper im looking at will be safe to tow. Here's the specs 2008 XL F250 Supercrew 4x4 shortbox Diesel 6.4 158 WB with Camper package 10k GVWR, Front axle GAWR 6000 Rea...
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languiduck wrote:lawrosa wrote:
The certification label is the only acceptable weight rating as far as any state is concerned, legally.
The certification rating is the only acceptable form of legal weight measurement.
If you break a spring say doing 70 mph, crash and kill someone, or yourself, the DOT and local highway authority will be on that like glue.
I challenge you to prove these statements.
I can go to DMV and register my truck, LEGALLY, for a weight higher than what the door sticker says. As long as I'm within my registered weight, then I won't get an overweight ticket.
Those stickers are a manufacturer rating, not a legal registered weight rating.
That last statment might hold some water, but if the owner has made improvements correctly then springs won't break. I feel sorry for people who have a hypersensitive nature to liability. Must be tough being worried all the time. It is possible for someone to use a common sense approach and know what his axle is capable of, and upgrade the other weak links be it tires, wheels, or suspension; and still be safe.
If I walk outside in a rainstorm, I might get hit by lightning. But I don't worry about it because I stand a better chance of winning the lottery and I buy about 1 ticket every other year....
A tornado might hit my house in the night when I'm sleeping and kill me, but I don't worry about that either...
I do worry about hurting someone by my bad choices.. Thus that's why im on here and surfing the web educating myself so when the time comes it makes sense and I wont have issues.
