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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blt2ski wrote:
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
Trying real hard to stand under this. I don't think I said anything about license weight. My only thought is that if the GCVWR is less that GVWR somebody messed up with the numbers.
