Over gross liability?
Over gross liability?
Jknight611 |
Jan 8 2018, 03:27 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 9-March 16 Member No.: 8,785 Favorite Truck Camper(s): Northstar Adventurer 8.5 Type and Brand of Truck(s) Owned: 2018 Chevolet 3500 Duramax Crew Duelly Type of Tiedowns used: Torklift with Fastguns Truck and Camper Setup: Totally stock, nothing needed |
My truck is painfully close or over the truck’s gross weight limit. It handles fine and in 30,000 miles hasn’t shown any ill effects from overloading. BUT, in the event of a traffic accident am I opening myself up to a liability nightmare? I couldn’t imagine in litigation being overweight would play out very well!
Anybody have any experience with this issue? I am torn about replacing my current truck with a 1 ton. |
RV_Tech |
Jan 11 2018, 02:57 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 201 Joined: 27-July 12 Member No.: 6,199 Favorite Truck Camper(s): Hallmark, Northstar, Outfitter Type and Brand of Truck(s) Owned: F-350 SRW 6.2 Supercab Type of Tiedowns used: Happijack front, Torklift rear Truck and Camper Setup: Hallmark Ute XL No modes to truck Torklift Fast Guns Fast guns had to be cut down to absolute minimum (14 1/2") to use with Happijac front tie down and Hallmark camper. |
Here is what bothers me most about the weight issue, regardless of what side of the fence you fall on. The RV industry continues to serve up BS to buyers by continuing to act as though it requires a message from on high to post accurate camper weights. There is no reason on earth every RV can not leave the dealership with a statement of accurate weight just as it sits with full tanks, batteries in place, etc. This liability disclaimer in all the brochures or a list of option weights is crap and manufacturers and dealers know it.The dealer should put it on the sales slip at the time of sale and have the customer sign off on it. They don't piece meal the weight and shrug shoulders as though it it the buyer's responsibility. After that, if an owners wants to modify and take responsibility so be it.
The second thing that drives me nuts is folks discussing weights with no real world knowledge of what their rig weighs fully loaded. Fully loaded is ready to go down the road the way you travel. My F350 had Fab Fours bumpers front and rear. They are huge and they are heavy. I have a Yamaha 2,000 genset hanging on the rear bumper on a platform, I have a cooler full of ice behind the seat, the gas tanks, both gasoline and propane are full, you get the idea. Running that across a CAT scale, with our Hallmark Ute on board, my truck scales out right at total gross weight rating for the truck. That is over 3,000 pounds I have loaded onto our truck. I know I am ranting, but I wish when RV owners were discussing weights, there came a point in time when a CAT scale slip magically appeared to anchor the discussion in reality because from where I sit, it seems like that is a rarity. |
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