Grit dog wrote:
twodownzero wrote:
I just lowered mine on purpose to make it pull my 5er more level. Newer trucks are way too tall!
Was it lowered by replacing the springs, so-called "flipping" the axle, or by replacing shackles and hangers? Replacing the springs with lowering springs would inevitably lower their capacity, but the other two options retain the full spring capacity and would not really be of concern. Obviously use a proper hitch for the weight you're pulling, which would be a receiver and not the bumper. Other than that you'll probably be fine.
Wow, you just modified the OE equipment on your truck, nullifying the OE load rating by way of modification! How do you sleep at night?
Pot meet kettle.
I actually didn't modify anything. I moved spacers that were once below the axle to above the axle. It had the effect of both lowering the truck and making the overloads engage sooner. The weight capacity of the springs was unaffected. On an interesting note, I have never been able to get my overloads to engage without overloading the truck.
And the OE load rating is not affected by any modifications in any event; my state restricts trailering to "manufacturer's rated capacity." Like the law in every state in which I'm aware, modifications neither increase, nor decrease, the ratings the factory gives. The GVWR and other ratings are on the door or door jam.
Your trolling attempt is like saying that installing a different trailer hitch or having a front end alignment changes load capacity. Yet my truck, and many trucks like it, are rated for 5th wheel trailering even though the factory has no real input into how that trailer hitch will be installed in the vehicle.
Modifications are very different from deliberately overloading something that has a rated capacity signed off on by an engineer who understands the variables in play.
