GVW help

[Eric1]

Hello everyone,

I have a question regarding a Gross Vehicle Weight sticker on the inside of a door.

One line states GVW = 15000
Next two lines break down the steer axle and the drive axle, which equal around 17,000.

I would of though those two should equal the GVW (15000), but I might be missing something here.

Any help would be appreciated. Thank You

PS. Its for a box/cube truck with no sleeper (cut-away)

 

[zorry]

You can put x on steer,x on drive , but the total is less than 2x. This gives you a little flexability of loading.
The wt may be limited by frame. The truck upgraded the rear axle to get heavier brakes,or some other advantage.
Are you reading an oem sticker or an upfitters sticker ?

 

[paullud]

The individual axles are rated then the GVW is calculated based on safety and design. If your front and rear axle is rated for say 8500lbs each it means they are designed to handle that weight individually but overall your brakes, suspension, frame, etc are designed to handle 15000lbs.

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[Eric1]

It may have been an upfitters I'm not 100% sure. But to be safe would i just follow the GVW instead of the combination of steer and drive?

 

[Eric1]

The individual axles are rated then the GVW is calculated based on safety and design. If your front and rear axle is rated for say 8500lbs each it means they are designed to handle that weight individually but overall your brakes, suspension, frame, etc are designed to handle 15000lbs.

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Now that makes some perfect sense. Thank You

 

[mjmsprt40]

Every vehicle I've ever driven seems to have that. The steer axle gives one rate, the drive axle give a higher weight, and the two combined give a significantly higher weight rating than the GVWR on the sticker. I weighed my Sprinter once, almost empty (I had 85 pounds of freight on that day) and found I could put nearly the entire 3000 pound payload on the rear axle, since the weight difference between empty and the axle's weight rating was that great.

I think they do that to provide a safety margin. If you load to GVWR, and if the load is properly distributed, you still have something left on axle capacity before you're overloaded.