Ramblinman
Senior Member
For this reason my next truck will be a one ton.
I see a lot of SRW and DRW 3/4-1 ton ton pickups being used as commercial haulers these days. I recently saw one pulling at least 5 wrecked cars on a flatbed - clearly overweight. I think some issues about DOT licenses and air brakes come into play at some point.smlobx said:A couple of general comments...
The weight sticker on your truck is for the base model without any accessories and dry. If you take your empty truck to the scale you will find it much heavier that what is listed.
The same methodology applies to campers...all campers not just FWC. You will find that the actual weight is much heavier than what is in the placard. Interestingly even in Class C RV's you will find the available payload is often just a couple of hundred pounds...
About a year ago I was pulled over by the Virginia State Police while I was towing my new CAT skid steer with my F-350 srw. Interestingly they wanted to weigh me because they thought I was overweight but I had just come from the scales as I wanted to see what my axle weights were. I was not over on any axle but my GCVWR was. They gave me a notice to comply (let me off because I was nice to them...) and went down the next day to the dmv and increased my combined weight rating to 23,500#'s.
They never looked at my trucks sticker but only what was on my registration, in other words what I had paid for...
My guess....somewhere around 500 lbs over.HiCap said:I will get it to a scale to see if and how much over GVWR I am.
Ramblinman said:Has anyone seen structural or mechanical failures due specifically being over GVWR? - and I mean other than flat tires, and premature break wear.