RinconVTR wrote:
RinconVTR wrote:
It's too bad not one person asked me direct questions about stability, power, MPG and ride comfort. The major things that actually matter when we tow!
Bobbo wrote:
The reason for that is, except for stability, the rest are not safety related and do not affect others on the road in any way.
The "weight police" may be aggravating, but they truly are trying to keep the roads safe.
I disagree.
Does anyone consider what "the rest" (all the other factors for safe towing) really are? Cause "the rest" matters.
I have said for decades..."weight is not everything". And before anyone chimes in and feels that's a foolish statement...think about it first. Weight is just one piece of a nearly equally divided pie. The heavy focus weight here needs to lighten up and consider more factors at play in each case.
For example, many truck owners are well within their weight ratings, yet how often do we read of (or hear from friends and family) complaints and problems about their experience on the highway. There is a significant list of possible problems and solutions depending on what they are experiencing. And often, it's multi-faceted, meaning more than one thing is wrong or multiple changes must be made.
As well, I could easily load 200-300lbs more to my SUV and thus be that much over my gross weight limit. Does that 3-4% increase over the weight rating turn on a magic switch that results in sudden failure and exponentially creates a safety hazard for everyone on the road? Of course not.
Same theory applies to tire speed ratings, which often comes up here when ST tires and the dying 65mph rating comes up. So many fear driving 1mph over the rated speed rating will result in sudden failure. Nothing on earth works that way. Few things in life are that simple!
You are taking my response out of context. The term "the rest" directly refers to your previous post (which you did NOT quote). The term "the rest" refers only to power, MPG and ride comfort. I have re-inserted your post to provide the context for my answer.
