rhagfo wrote:
ScottG wrote:
I would not want any truck/fiver combo that gets within 80% of the trucks GVWR. Only because you may end up hitting the bump stops on a regular basis and that doesn't make for a very nice ride and can be really hard on the hardware.
I would love to know the person that started the 80% rule!
I carried a 32’ 12,500# 5er with our 2001 Ram 2500, I was 1,700# OVER GVWR and just under rear GAWR, don’t ever recall hitting the bump stops, heck hardly got to the overload springs!
I agree. The 80% thing is a total myth. I don't believe it for a minute. If that was the case then the engineers that designed the trucks would just say "This truck was designed to pull 20,000# but don't pull more than 16,000# with it." Total nonsense.
B.O.
