How much weight is too much?
I have a 2011 RAM 5.7 Megacab which has a rated towing capacity of 11,150 lbs. I have been pulling a 10,950 lb Cedar Creek trailer for 7 years with it. Fully loaded the gross weight of my trailer is...
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JRscooby wrote:mich800 wrote:JRscooby wrote:blt2ski wrote:
Bought an 81 gmc new, had a 292 I6, Muncie 4 sp and 4.10s. 8600 gvwr, 8500 gcwr.
This looks like a real braking issue. If you load the truck it can stop a total of 8600 lbs. But if you hook up a trailer, it unloads the front axle so it can't stop as much, so the weight is reduced to 8500...
But you cannot hook up a trailer because you are over the GCWR. That is the conundrum. The second you hook up any trailer that puts the truck at GVWR you are automatically excluded from towing that trailer.
Are you saying the MT weight is equal to the GVWR? I would think it more likely that the truck would weigh say 5800 lbs. With a GCVWR of 8500 you could tow a 2700 lb trailer. But without the trailer you could load 2800 on it's back. I'm more inclined to think the numbers are wrong.
I actually get a max 8000 lbs a gvw as my registered plate c
Is paid in 2000 lb increments. I can carry 8000 less truck which was 4600, my 2000 ref cab 2500 is 4800. 3400 for 81, 3200 payload for 2000. GCWR per Washington state patrol means gross combined warranty rating. I can run run down the road at 110,000 like you can with a tractor! I'm not going to recommend mind you. I could hook a 105,000 lb trailer and be legal. Performance would suck. Max . Speed would be under 10, maybe 20 mph. Moving a house, or trailer down the road would. Their is as I am sure you know, more to this than just licensing.
If I wanted to run down the road at 8600, I would need a 10k registration, I would be good to 10,000 gvw on the truck, giving me 5200 lbs of payload. Smart or dumb, up to you. I would be legal! I've been pulled over in my Navistar dump truck at 150% of door sticker, I was 1200 over licensed weight, got a 10 day up registration 2000lbs. Sent on my way. Manufactures door stickers mean squat to patrol. Only licensed weight, per federal bridge laws in US.
With this said, an LEO can and will get you off the road , if you are unsafe etc. Doubt it will be width, unless you are way over road bed . Engineer design limits.
Marty
