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Even my truck is rated GVW 15k, I have it at 20k quite often when I haul gravel from local yard. Funny part I am weighted there since the gravel is sold by the weight, but no police monitors the yard.
Even with 10k payload my suspension still has about 2" of travel left and I do have good control of it.
My tires ratings add to 22k
Still -I see bid difference between local hauling and taking 2000 miles trip with the load.
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As far as I know all recreational trailers of last generation do have brakes, so that might be not the main issue. When you observe pictures from RV accidents, most common seems to be overturning. Strong winds can create fishtailing, while doing emergency braking on turn can easily kick the set-up sideways.
We do tend to overload no matter how big vehicle we drive, so the main issue is liability.
Even when somebody else create an accident that your rig was involved in, but the investigator puts your setup on scale and finds that it was 2000 lb overloaded - you are in big trouble. That doesn't happen too often, but are you ready to be an exception?
We do tend to overload no matter how big vehicle we drive, so the main issue is liability.
Even when somebody else create an accident that your rig was involved in, but the investigator puts your setup on scale and finds that it was 2000 lb overloaded - you are in big trouble. That doesn't happen too often, but are you ready to be an exception?
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