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Re: [RC] weigh your trailer - steveb

This is really a more complicated question.  Typically a 3/4 ton truck can
"tow" more than a one ton because you are limited to the Gross Combined
Vehicle Weight which includes the truck, trailer, and load.  The GCVW is
often the same for a 3/4 ton and a one ton and might be higher than the
State limits without having a commercial permit.  Since a one ton weighs
more than a 3/4 ton, the 3/4 ton can tow more and stay within the GCVW.

This is just one factor in many about safe towing.

Steve


On Wed, January 28, 2009 10:36 am, Laney Humphrey wrote:
Years ago, on my way to St. Jo, MO for the beginning of the XP01 ride, I
weighed my loaded to the gills rig.  I was overweight by several hundred
pounds.  Several years later I was shopping for a new truck and trying to
be careful.   Figuring out just how much more, say a 1 ton, can pull over
a 3/4 ton isn't easy because the truck itself weighs more which then has
to be subtracted from the total.  When all was said and done, there wasn't
much difference, especially considering that there wasn't much difference
between the two engines either.  It seems to me, that the best best for
real safety is to forget the "light" trucks and go up to a 1.5 ton. Laney


D'Arcy Demianoff-Thompson wrote:

How close to the factory specs for the truck and trailer, loaded, come
Jonni?


D'Arcy





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Replies
[RC] weigh your trailer, Tx Trigger
Re: [RC] weigh your trailer, D'Arcy Demianoff-Thompson
Re: [RC] weigh your trailer, Laney Humphrey