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Originally Posted by Gegrad
To be fair, the manufacturers also bake a HUGE factor of safety into their posted capacities (unlike the RV manufacturers). Imagine the lawsuits if someone was just under their stated capacity and a major accident occured, solely due to the truck and not due to improper loading or other outside circumstance.
I am not saying we should make it a free for all and go way overweight or anything, but that is also a way of looking at in the "real world".
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Your comment is a statement of fact; based on what? If that is indeed the case maybe you could contact the big 3 and ask them to provide the "huge" safety factor built into their published numbers? Ain't gonna happen. Their numbers are their numbers and are meant to be followed. Vague comments like "huge built in safety factors" above the published manufacturers weight limits are misleading and, in fact, based on nothing but an individual's belief that they don't need to follow the published limits.
I understand that an individual WANTS to believe that there is a "huge safety factor" built in when they want to disregard established limits but it's not the safe or prudent thing to do.....or to encourage new folks to do when trying to do the right thing. There are many posts from members describing various suspension failures that occurred by just exceeding the limits by a little. JMO