Newbie Towing Question

[JIMNLIN]

Once again using the truck mfg gvwr based payload sticker on some of the newer gen LDTs with those higher gvwr placards may over load the truck rawr...... like the two examples I used above.
This gets posted all the time on this and other rv websites but some either have't researched those mfg fleet specs or don't believe them.
Another folly gvwr payload sticker is Ford and now GM with different gvwrs for the same mechanical equipped truck.

Just one example from Fleet Ford specs... a F350 SRW with a 10000 gvwr or a 11500 gvwr for the same mechanically equipped truck.
The F350 srw 11500 gvwr has a 3740 lb payload .
The F350 srw 10000 gvwr has a 2240 lb payload .

We had this same scenario 2015 with a new member with a brand new F350 srw and a 10000 gvwr with a 2100-2200 lb payload sticker. Some convinced him he had to trade for a new f350 srw but with a 11500 gvwr sticker which the poor guy did. Cost him 2800 (plus tag and excise) bucks for the same exact configured truck...but it did have that 11500 gvwr and a higher payload sticker.
The 11500 gvwr truck wasn't any safer than the one with the lower 10000 gvwr truck.

GM now has 3500 srw trucks with several gvwrs for the same equipped truck to choose from. And they also come with different gvwr based payload stickers we can choose from.

[Dave Pelletier]

Originally Posted by JIMNLIN

Once again using the truck mfg gvwr based payload sticker on some of the newer gen LDTs with those higher gvwr placards may over load the truck rawr...... like the two examples I used above.
This gets posted all the time on this and other rv websites but some either have't researched those mfg fleet specs or don't believe them.
Another folly gvwr payload sticker is Ford and now GM with different gvwrs for the same mechanical equipped truck.

Just one example from Fleet Ford specs... a F350 SRW with a 10000 gvwr or a 11500 gvwr for the same mechanically equipped truck.
The F350 srw 11500 gvwr has a 3740 lb payload .
The F350 srw 10000 gvwr has a 2240 lb payload .

We had this same scenario 2015 with a new member with a brand new F350 srw and a 10000 gvwr with a 2100-2200 lb payload sticker. Some convinced him he had to trade for a new f350 srw but with a 11500 gvwr sticker which the poor guy did. Cost him 2800 (plus tag and excise) bucks for the same exact configured truck...but it did have that 11500 gvwr and a higher payload sticker.
The 11500 gvwr truck wasn't any safer than the one with the lower 10000 gvwr truck.

GM now has 3500 srw trucks with several gvwrs for the same equipped truck to choose from. And they also come with different gvwr based payload stickers we can choose from.

Yep, the 10,000 lb F350 SRW is a derate which, I assume, keeps one under the arbitrary limits for licencing or insurance in some jurisdictions. It's all stickers and paper; no change to the truck at all. Such a derate would cause the opposite issue though; less payload but same GAWR so the GVWR and payload would be exceeded long before the GAWR was reached.

Dave