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**chuckster57** · 10-21-2018, 06:24 PM

Axle rating is very valid. When you weigh your truck empty you get a front axle weight and a rear axle weight. Fifth wheel pin weight is placed pretty much directly over the rear axle, and the published weight can be used to determine if your going to be over.

When the highway patrol pulls people over, they bring out the portable scales. They weight your REAR axle, then open the drivers door and look at the certification label. If your over your RV is subject to impound. Maybe in your state it doesn’t work that way, but I know for a fact it does out here.

GVWR is the total the ENTIRE truck can weigh
RAWR is the MAX weight you can LEGALLY put on the rear axle, and I know of at least 3 people that have found out the hard way that axle rating indeed does matter.

10-21-2018, 06:24 PM	#27
chuckster57 Site Team Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Modesto Posts: 20,357	Axle rating is very valid. When you weigh your truck empty you get a front axle weight and a rear axle weight. Fifth wheel pin weight is placed pretty much directly over the rear axle, and the published weight can be used to determine if your going to be over. When the highway patrol pulls people over, they bring out the portable scales. They weight your REAR axle, then open the drivers door and look at the certification label. If your over your RV is subject to impound. Maybe in your state it doesn’t work that way, but I know for a fact it does out here. GVWR is the total the ENTIRE truck can weigh RAWR is the MAX weight you can LEGALLY put on the rear axle, and I know of at least 3 people that have found out the hard way that axle rating indeed does matter. __________________ 2012 Copper Canyon 273FWRET being towed by a 1994 Ford F350 CC,LB,Dually diesel. Airlift 5000 bags, Prodigy brake control, 5 gauges on the pillar.Used to tow a '97 Jayco 323RKS. Now an RVIA registered tech. Retired from Law enforcement in 2008 after 25+ yrs.