Can someone explain this?
Well I guess that everyone checked out of the thread where I posted this because no one seemed to answer it and the thread died shortly there after(unless no one had an answer). So here is to hoping ...
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ShinerBock wrote:BS - the only thing they did was register it at less than it’s GVWR, it still had the same GVWR as set by the manufacturer regardless of what the license plate said. Nothing was derated.nickthehunter wrote:
I’ll tell him (hopefully once he hears it he’ll be done).
Shiner - you are indeed smarter than the manufacturers. The manufacturer’s engineers are stupid and know nothing about the products they are designing. You indeed have figured it out and everyone here should ignore the manufacturer’s ratings and go by the “Sihiner Ratings” instead.
Actually I used to work for said manufactures and on the dealership level for over 20 years now. One of my jobs throughout those years was to spec out trucks for our medium and heavy duty customers to ensure they were well within their axle ratings and legal for what they were using their truck for.
It was not uncommon to take a class 7 or 8 truck and de-rate it for a customer to class 6 so they did not have to pay higher registration costs. Many of these customers only needed the class 7 or 8 capabilities off road and were generally empty on road. So yeah, I know how common it is to de-rate a trucks GVWR even though the truck itself can handle more just for registration purposes.
