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Originally Posted by Raptorman3812TS
I would like to set some questions straight
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So which question did you set straight?
"Tow rating" is almost meaningless. It is a guide, and assumes the tow vehicle will be buck naked except for a skinny driver. But nobody tows with a naked truck, and most drivers are not skinny. For the cop on the beat, the term "overloaded" should be either the GCWR or the GVWR was exceeded. On an F-350 DRW, there is plenty of GVWR, so the limiter is the GCWR. If the GCWR is 23,500 pounds but your wet and loaded rig grosses 26,000, then you're overloaded.
But state law overrides common sense, and some states allow drivers, especially commercial drivers, to buy excess weight capacity. So if your state sells you a cheat sheet that allows 26,000 gross weight when the manufacturer's GCWR is 23,500, then you're still overloaded, but not illegal.
