Ultimate payload monster?
What do you think is the top payload rating among new one-ton trucks? All the advertising goes toward horsepower/torque and towing capacity, but what configuration is king of payload?
Forum Discussion
RoyJ wrote:
Food for thought, ever wonder how commercial haulers can suddenly, legally, haul a Cat D11 once they buy an overweight permit? Suddenly, every GVW/GCWR (not that semi tractors have those to begin with) + laws of physics gets thrown out the window with a government issued piece of paper?
What if I bought an overweight permit for my Ram 3500, then can I go over my GVW/GCWRs? Would accidents be magically avoided?
Tractors, and class 8 trucks do in fact have GVWR/GCVWRs plus axle weight ratings. And I have moved more than a few permit loads. And when you run up on a scale, they will check the weight on each axle/axle group. But they don't look at the axle ratings. What they do look at is tire ratings.
Then there are other things driver needs to know about where he can haul weight. In my area, a tri-axle dumptruck can be legal, cross a line on the map, and be $3,000.00 plus court cost overweight.
A overweight permit for your 3500? In my state they would tell you to just buy the license for what you want to gross. Years back a friend sent his girl to license office to renew plates on his 7 class 8 Macks, and buy the plates for his new Dodge 3500. She came home with 8 80,000 lbs local plates
