Will a 3/4 ton do
I have an rv that is at the 14000 GVWR. I need a new tow vehicle and was wondering if a 2500 or 3/4 ton truck would safely tow this. I would appreciate your knowledgeable input on this. Would this ...
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blt2ski wrote:
Don
If you're 20 lbs over a rating per say, the change that an LEO/CVEO will cite with an over wieght ticket is slim and none, assuming you using the RA numbers mentioned. I've been upwards of 50% over and NOT been given over wieght tickets.
You have to stay under federal bridge law amounts, which is probably 9500-11000 lbs per axle on your truck. Or if majorally over your paid for amount. Even at that, as has happened to me, I got a 10 day raise gvw up 2000 lbs. $15-20 here in Wa St. I was 1200 over paid for total.
As I said earlier in a joke to a degree, the answer to OP, your example, clear as mud!
Do you follow warranty/performance rating? Or legal rating per FBL. If on follows warranty ratings, you'll never be over wieght from a legal standpoint.
Marty
I'll go one step further than what Marty said and say that slim left the room!
There is nothing illegal, at all, about exceeding the mfgs suggested axle ratings on a light duty truck. And I'll eat my shorts if you can break road an bridge axle weight limits in a 3/4 ton truck!
Heck you guys act like they're only good for half of what they're good for in the first place. And I frankly usually don't care and will load a truck up until I can make a 10 ply tire squat, if I need to, and I couldn't even come close to breaking bridge laws!
PS Op will likely be done with this now, and partly my fault, dragging myself into this discussion to disspel the rvnet myths, yet once again! LOL
