Truck sufficient for what I want?
Im getting ready to make the plunge and buy a new trailer. It is listed as 33' long, weighs 6065 lbs with a 641 lb tongue weight. I will be towing it with a 2014 Ram 1500 Quad Cab 4x2 w/ the 5.7L H...
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kaydeejay wrote:CarnationSailor wrote:I used to be responsible for those labels for GM. That label rating does NOT include a full fuel tank. That number really does represent GVWR minus DRY weight.
kaydeejay,
I don't believe that fuel is considered to be "cargo", so it seems likely to me that the payload weight on the sticker assumes a full fuel tank. Anyone know more about this?
Vehicle shippers were paid by weight. They were paid on the dry weight plus 20# for approx 3 gallons of fuel.
They used the payload rating to make sure they weren't being cheated!
Interesting. My weights pretty closely matched the sticker on both my F150 and Pathfinder when full up. I'm surprised that GM would be so different. I thought the purpose of that sticker was to prevent overloading the vehicle, and accounted for a full tank of gas.
edit: Actually reading through the TREAD act and FMVSS No. 110 makes me believe that fuel is not considered cargo, especially in the section where it talks about propane and water considerations.
