Towing capacity vs max cargo weight rating
Hello all! Can someone clarify something for me? If a truck's max gooseneck trailer loaded weight is 15,100 lbs (as per manufacturer towing guide - it is a Ford) - how can the max cargo weight rati...
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OP...If you go back, read mine and others posts, in this now 18 page thread, and this same question answered in never ending other threads, the answer of where does this sticker number come from has been said many times!
To make this easy, one more time! The employee at the end of the production line (call him a FORD ENGINEER), takes your new truck over to the factory scale, weighs it, with all options installed, ready to be shipped. Your truck weighs 7,853 lbs. The sticker man (ENGINEER) looks at the sheet, or placard on the fender...F250...class 2 GVWR 10,000. The sticker man gets his calculator out 10,000 minus 7,853 equals 2,147. Now he goes to the sticker machine punches in the numbers, out comes the sticker, that he applies. This truck is now ready to ship. No magic, no it will not break if you go over this class 2 rating! Stay within your axle/tire ratings which do have a real meaning, as to the truck's capability, as shipped.
Jerry
To make this easy, one more time! The employee at the end of the production line (call him a FORD ENGINEER), takes your new truck over to the factory scale, weighs it, with all options installed, ready to be shipped. Your truck weighs 7,853 lbs. The sticker man (ENGINEER) looks at the sheet, or placard on the fender...F250...class 2 GVWR 10,000. The sticker man gets his calculator out 10,000 minus 7,853 equals 2,147. Now he goes to the sticker machine punches in the numbers, out comes the sticker, that he applies. This truck is now ready to ship. No magic, no it will not break if you go over this class 2 rating! Stay within your axle/tire ratings which do have a real meaning, as to the truck's capability, as shipped.
Jerry
