Heavy Duty / Super Duty Truck as Daily Driver
Soooo I find myself needing a new vehicle unexpectedly. I want to be able to tow the current TT which is about 22' and has a dry weight of 3300 lbs as well as the next larger TT I'm likely to get. I...
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TomG2 wrote:JIMNLIN wrote:
Like Ford tell us.......Front and rear GAWRs will, in all cases, sum to a number equal to or greater than the GVWR for the particular vehicle.
I have no idea what a front gawr or rear gawr is. I do know what fawr and rawr are.
I totally agree that the sum of the axle ratings exceeds the "Gross" vehicle rating. No surprise there. Nice to have good axle ratings but even better to have "Gross" vehicle weight ratings. Looking only at axle ratings is like looking only at any other component on the vehicle. Does simply increasing tire size result in a payload increase? Then put great big tires on that Ranger.
Its no surprise to me that Ford is saying the sum of the axle ratings can sum to a number EQUAL TO or GREATER than gvwr.
Fords telling us all the trucks components you mention will have no problems handling the sum the fawr and rawr.
