Gvw Question??
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Only as much as the owners manual says you can. Otherwise it's adios to the warrantee if you have one. Also you talking gas or diesel? I don't have a number for you but I'm sure someone is going to chime in any second now.
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Originally Posted by onetuff350
me and a freind were arguing about how much weight you can pull if you have a 26000 gvw...can anyone give me the correct answer so he'll shut up
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From: Nutter Fort, WV
The tare weight of a vehicle is the weight of the truck, trailer, occupants, fuel, luggage and any other normal equipment that is on the truck.
The gross is the total weight of the truck and load.
So if you have a gross of 26,000, subtract the tare weight and what is left is the legal payload.
Example,
I am registered for 20,000 gvw.
My truck full of fuel with me in it weighs 8020 pounds.
I also have an equipment trailer that weighs 2500 pounds.
So when I hook the trailer up my total tare weight is 10,520 pounds.
This leaves a payload of 9480 pounds which can be on the trailer, on the truck and trailer or on the truck.
The total weight going down the road is 20,000 or less pounds.
The reason I say truck weight full of fuel is because you do not want to load the truck to 20,000 pounds with the tanks empty, then go fill it with fuel. If you do, you will be overweight by the amount of fuel you added. That is not such a big amount on a pickup normally, mine holds 66 gallons which is about 475 pounds. Big rigs that can hold 3 or 4 hundred gallons do have issues with it all the time since 400 gallons of fuel is 2880 pounds.
Hope this settles your argument, I am a retired over the road truck driver and that is how it is.
When you get commercial plates the weight you pay for is the GVW of the vehicle.
The gross is the total weight of the truck and load.
So if you have a gross of 26,000, subtract the tare weight and what is left is the legal payload.
Example,
I am registered for 20,000 gvw.
My truck full of fuel with me in it weighs 8020 pounds.
I also have an equipment trailer that weighs 2500 pounds.
So when I hook the trailer up my total tare weight is 10,520 pounds.
This leaves a payload of 9480 pounds which can be on the trailer, on the truck and trailer or on the truck.
The total weight going down the road is 20,000 or less pounds.
The reason I say truck weight full of fuel is because you do not want to load the truck to 20,000 pounds with the tanks empty, then go fill it with fuel. If you do, you will be overweight by the amount of fuel you added. That is not such a big amount on a pickup normally, mine holds 66 gallons which is about 475 pounds. Big rigs that can hold 3 or 4 hundred gallons do have issues with it all the time since 400 gallons of fuel is 2880 pounds.
Hope this settles your argument, I am a retired over the road truck driver and that is how it is.
When you get commercial plates the weight you pay for is the GVW of the vehicle.
Last edited by Dave Sponaugle; Aug 9, 2005 at 06:43 PM.
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From: colorado
if its 26000 lbs GVW (gross vehicle weight), then you would subtract what the truck weighs and whats left is how much payload you could put in the truck. if its GCVW (gross combined vehicle weight) then whats left is how much you can tow
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