RangerGress wrote:
FishOnOne wrote:
Bionic Man wrote:
Never heard of wind drag lowering the tow rating, or a computer that would know how much payload or weight you have towed.
Would be interested to see that in writing to know it is the case. Either way, I doubt that the warranty would be voided unless you are grossly overweight - like 3 times or more. When was the last time you heard of an engine or suspension failure for being overweight? And if you go on any of the truck forums (pick a brand) there are PLENTY of photos/videos of people insanely overloading their trucks.
All it takes is to be involved in an accident with an overloaded vehicle and the lawyers will have a field day.
Urban legend. Cite a single example where some guy was, say, 5-800lbs over rated tow capacity and got into a crash. After the emergency vehicles came and left, a couple days later accident investigators showed up and surprisingly, found every piece of cargo that had spilled out of the trailer that up-ended and spilled contents for 200yrd because the looters were taking a holiday. The investigators picked it all up, took it back to the police station and weighed every piece. The sum was a couple hundred lbs over. 6 months later the lawyers were able to prove that every piece the investigators picked up did indeed come from the trailer.
Retorical question here... .. So, if I cause an accident and I am under my capacity I get off scott free?
Do you see the problem with this straw man fallacy?
I will add another little common sense insight... If you cause an accident... your liable.. overweight or underweight... towing... or not towing... in a Big Giant Crew Cab Diesel or in a Geo Metro... If you cause an accident... you are liable.
The argument "If you are overloaded and cause an accident your liable"..is TRUE... along with every single other type of accident YOU cause.
Thanks!
Jeremiah
