Payload Ratings are a farce
Spent months shopping for a new Superduty, ended up ordering one that fit our criteria- XLT, Powerstroke, 3.55 rear-end, Camper package, fifth wheel, etc. We were debating back and forth between a F2...
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Lantley wrote:blt2ski wrote:
Last I checked, door sticker was a warranty weight rating only! not a true legal one if pulled over by true weight cops. I have yet to get a ticket being over the door sticker numbers from a CVEO, as long as I had a paid for license higher than I weighed, and was under the Federal Bridge Law limits per axel!
So in a nutshell, the door sticker payload ratings are a farce, "EXCEPT" to the manufacture, or a civil lawyer in a civil suit, and even in the civil side......being over may not be that big a deal!
Marty
Just because it is not a legal(as in ticketable offense) rating. Does not mean it should be ignored or it has no merit.
True, as many have noted, the manufacture ratings can mean and do mean many things. How you work with them is up to you the end user! Just as the tires on my bobcat, max weight rating is 4500 lbs, as long as I am under 25mph, Same tires going over 25 mph is limited to 3000 lbs. Look up ANY 10.50x 16.5 8 ply tire, and you will see the same limits, be it a chevron tread tractor tire as I have, or a hwy/traction LT tire as many of us had in the past on truck, ie 60's into the 80's......ratings can mean many things per the end user.
marty
