Exceeding my gvwr

[aksilvy1]

After weighing my truck and trailer i figured out I will be exceeding the gvwr for my truck when my 5er is hooked up.

Thing is, I'm preparing for a 6000 mile trip from Alaska to North Carolina. Not a whole lot I can do about it now but just gonna take it easy and go nice and slow. I am in no hurry.

I guess if things get ****ty along the way I'll have to trade the truck in and get a drw.

[Desert185]

Popcorn...

[CWSWine]

Are you over any other specs like you tire load ratings or you axle ratings? I don't tow over GVWR since I like the safety margin but some believe the axle ratings are holy grail of weights never to be exceeded and make sure you are within your tire ratings.

[concours]

You don't say how much you are over on the truck GVWR but you could consider moving some of the cargo to the rear of the trailer which would help with the pin weight or are you talking about GCWR?

[aksilvy1]

Well I don't know exactly how much my pin weight is. Trailer will be about 12,500 for the trip. %25 of that is 3125 pounds for pin weight. That would be high end. My gvwr is 10,000 pounds. The truck with full fuel and hitch installed is 8000 lbs. Add two adults plus two small children plus pin weight I'd say I'm well over.

I've had this setup for 2 years with no issues but we've only done short driving. My gawr for rear is 6200 lbs. I believe my tire rating is 3200 lb per tire. I was thinking about getting new tires anyway.

[aksilvy1]

gcwr is 25,000 lbs so I'm good there. Gtwr is 16,000 lbs so I'm good there as well.

[chuckster57]

$40.00/yr for weight fees? I just paid $196.00 last month. Total DMV was $249.00

[Ken / Claudia]

Yes. that is because if 10,000 lbs or less and not used as a comm vehicle. Oregon says it is a passenger vehicle . 86 bucks for 2 years flat fee. The heaviest vehicle I cited with passenger plates was a manufactured home hauler. Why because he told DMV it was a passenger pickup. DMV does not inspect vehicles unless coming in from another state.

[Desert185]

Oregon is like AK in that registration is for two years...and relatively cheap, but they get you everywhere else. I just paid $126 in NV, but $30 of that was for a veteran plate.

[vampress_me]

MN is not far off from Oregon. Here, licensing fees for a 1/2 ton or 3/4 ton truck new are going to be around $400 or so per year. State law says licensing for a 1 ton is $120/year. Only difference is that as the 3/4 ton gets older, the fee goes down like all other vehicles, but 1 ton fee stays at the $120/ year for life of the vehicle. The goofy part is the weights, with a 1 ton (my only experience) you can pick to license it at 10,000 lbs, 12,500 lbs, or 15,000 lbs. The cost isn't different, its still the same $120. On our new truck the door tag show GVWR of 11,500. They licensed it at 15,000. I don't get it. But to me and hubby, the door tag rules what we will tow.

[BlueThunder34]

How much simpler it would be if we all just bought TVs that were adequate to SAFELY tow our trailers, instead of buying something too big for what we have and then try to justify why it's ok because of this or that. The yellow sticker is the legal rating no matter what someone believes their truck can handle. Heck I've seen the Tundra commercial towing the space shuttle so it must be ok to tow anything you or I could buy, right