GAWR - Spartan rating vs. Axle mfr rating...
Hey gang, I'm looking at a 2009 Newmar Dutchstar with a Spartan chassis... It has a 20,000lb rating from Spartan, and I called to confirm that with the fine folks at Spartan... They checked the ...
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Two Jayhawks wrote:
Strange. I have the opposite of that scenario my drive is 21K per the axle mfg and Newmar down rates it to 20K. Hopefully the unit you are looking at has a tag which mean you'll have more capacity than you would ever use even with the 19K drive.
Same here. I was told by the chassis manufacturer that the axle rating is the lowest rating of all the components of the axle and parts. The lowest rating of all associated parts is the rating the "axle" gets.
