mine in sig is 6600 i got after market gears and a huge tranny with junk in the bed
empty youre about 6k?
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88 F-250 body,550 rear frame setup, 7.3 idi, 3:73 dana 80 rear, srw, dana 50 front, heavy duty leaf springs, back up camera, 20$ wallyworld fog lamps, class 5 bumper hitch welded to frame and gusseted, 32" steering tires all around, ac power converter,jeep bucket seats, deezee runningboards (cab only),cobra 29 cb w/ 102" whip, 2 trucklight worklights on front stake pocket each side,high lift jack behind seat, toolbox for the junk, visor, running lights, 6600 lbs with all my junk
If your truck is 2x4 (rear wheel drive only) your empty weight will be in the 6400-6600lb. bracket. Depending on the state that your licensed in, you can legally buy tonnage to cover your truck, trailer, and load. GCWR is a performance rating issued by Ford. It has nothing to do with what you can legally haul or tow. Just make sure your tires are rated to carry the load.
If my truck is 8000 and I had a gooseneck that weighed 7000 if the GCWR is 20000 that would only leave me 5000 LBs that I could put on the trailer?
Right. But 8,000 would be a wet and loaded pickup full of passengers or something heavy, and a gooseneck that weighs 7,000 empty is a lot of trailer. But if you try to gross more than about 20,000 pounds, you'll be a rolling roadblock going down the highway. Like a '59 VW microbus full of hippies going up the mountain pass.
But the 20k GCWR is probably not your limiter. The GVWR for a '95 F-350 DRW was 10,000 pounds. If your wet and loaded pickup weighs 8,000 before you tie onto the trailer, that leaves 2,000 pounds for hitch weight. That's a gooseneck trailer grossing about 10,000 pounds. If the empty trailer weighs 7,000, that's only 3,000 pounds for payload on the trailer.
GCWR is a performance number, which you can sorta ignore in most jurisdictions. But GVWR is on the door sticker, and it's serious business with many LEOs. So be very careful if you exceed the GVWR of your tow vehicle. Don't get pulled over by a LEO and weighed for overweight conditions.
Last edited by SmokeyWren : 04-03-2008 at 12:26 PM.
Probably, if it's a 4x2 with one passenger and normal tools and junk in the truck. Maybe a little more if it's a 4x4.
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Your gvwr is probably around 11,000.
10,000 for a '95 DRW. That's probably his limiter.
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Your gcwr is probably around 16,000 to 20,000.
20k with his 4.10 rear end. 16k if he had 3.55 gears. But he probably can't reach the GCWR without exceeding the GVWR when towing a gooseneck trailer with 20 percent higch weight.
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