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?
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RoyJ wrote:
Hmm, that's something new to me. I did some Googling, and so far only found GCWR on Volvo tractors.
I went to Kenworth, on their MDs for example, it stated the transmission is rated to 58k lbs GCWR:
But Googling W990 GCWR showed no such spec:
The only tractor with a GCWR is their C500 heavy hauler, at 1/2 million lbs. But I guess that's a specialized tractor.
My thought is most Class 8 tractor components have GCWR well beyond hwy GVW limits, so they don't bother listing. Here in BC GVW maxes out at 140k lbs, and I've hauled nearly that in a run of the mill Freightliner with 46k rears.
Most order sheets I have looked at for class 8 trucks list the GCVWR as "to customer specifications". Now it is likely that Volvo, and to a lesser extent International, that produce mostly for fleets, have a standard they are willing to advertise
