Increasing Truck Weight Rating

[Mr_D]

To get a higher GVWR or GCVWR the truck manufacturer would have to inspect, test and certify that it could carry/tow the higher rating. Thereby making them legally liable if it couldn't I don't think they're going to take that responsibility.

[JIMNLIN]

GCWR isn't stickered on the truck nor is it a requirement. Its simply a non issue but other criteria is.

Coming from the commercial side using the same trucks we pull our rvs with I've always found it amusing how door tag GVWR doesn't determine how much load a truck can safely carry. Nor are we faced with civil lawsuits or ticketed by dot ....but some how it does for rvs.

We can register a truck for more GVW(R) which is true however you cannot carry more weight than the truck steer axle/drive axle/tire load ratings. Like my state trooper says you can register a S10 for 20k lbs GVW if you want to pay that much money ..... but you cannot exceed the vehicles axle/tire load ratings.
My state for example has no weight for registering a non commercial vehicle.

Lawyer adds like the one posted has no idea how a truck/trailer combo is legally registered or how states size and weight codes reads or what criteria is used to determine a overloaded vehicle.

The OPs older vehicle does not have a payload sticker. Somed trucks had then in the early '00 era but didn't become mandatory till '06.

[SmokeyWren]

Originally Posted by daydreamer36535

Current gcwr is 18500...What can i do to increase my rate rating...

Stop being concerned with the GCWR. It's not important, and exceeding the GCWR will not result in a taffic ticket for folks that are not commercial truckers. Instead, never exceed the weight limits on the Federal Certifiation Lable on the driver's dooframe: GVWR, GAWRs.

GCWR is not on that label.

GVWR of the tow vehicle is usually the limiter as to how heavy a trailer you can tow without being overloaded. IOW, hith weight , nit gross trailer weigt, is the limiter.

GVWR minus the weight of the truck = payload capacity, so you may often see payload, or payload capacity, as the limiter. Same o, same o, if you don't exceed the GVWR then you won't exceed payload capacity.

But rGAWR is sometimes the limiter, instead of GVWR or payload capacity. And common sense tells you to never exceed the weight limits of your trailer hitch.

And no, you cannot increase GVWR or payload, then have the higher GVWR certified, at a reasonable cost.