Automated Safety Hitch Owners
We currently own a 15K 5th wheel and have begun the conversation of moving up to a better 5th wheel, the cost of that is it will exceed my F350SRW towing capacity. We are looking into the Automated Sa...
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fj12ryder wrote:Simple basic legal premise, negligence. Towing beyond the manufacturers stated capacity and getting in a accident (for example) a very good case can be made that you were negligent in overloading your vehicle.braindead0 wrote:Please explain why exceeding an arbitrary number from the manufacturer would cause an issue, and please provide some instances of real world facts, not suppositions.
If you exceed the towing capacity of your truck, nothing can change that. The towing capacity is how much weight you can pull, period. If you exceed that and were to get in an accident, expect it to be an issue.
This article on Hardworking Trucks interviewed an attorney who had this to say (in part:
“Failure to comply with these varied requirements,” Michaels says, “can lead to steep civil liability for both the vehicle operator and vehicle owner under the legal theory of negligence per se.”
Finding factual cases related to this is difficult because most do not make it to court and public record as insurance companies always try to avoid disclosing settlements.
Do with that information as you wish.
