Vin vs door sticker

mkirsch wrote:

Grit dog wrote:
(With a smidge of there are many different gvwrs assigned to trucks that are physically the same and have different gvws mostly for regulatory considerations)

What are you going to believe, the door sticker or the Internet? Seems in your earlier reply you were implying that the door sticker is authoritative. Now you're pushing an Internet opinion.

Nope, I'm saying the "same" trucks can and do get assigned different gvwrs. Reflected on the vin, as well as mfgs towing guides or other informational documents.

My initial comment, based on mfgs towing guides is typically the gassers show a lower gvwr, to account for the lighter front end, which typically doesn't change alot on the front axle weight, to keep the available "payload" accurate with whatever criteria is used to determine the payload and knowing that "most" payload is in the med and primarily borne by the rear axle.

Yet even trucks with the same engine (diesel or gas is the big weight difference between similarly equipped trucks) also get assigned different gvwrs.