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Started by brianradomski, Sep 14, 2005, 07:08 PM

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brianradomski

Hello  my  friends!  I  went  out  to  my  sration  wagon  and  founf  a  plate  inside  the  driver  door  that  reads  the  following:
                 GVWR 5830
                  front gawr 2586
                  REAR GAWR is  a  nice 3132
         This  has to  mean  that  my  rear  axel  is  built  to  carry  a 3,132 od load??  Well  if the  tongue  of    my  fold  a  wall  pop  up  is  ONLY  200  to  350  tyhen  i  have  NOTHING  to  worry bout! i  hope!

mike4947

No it means the rear axle is designed to carry that much weight, BUT it includes the weight of the vehicle that's on the rear axle, not just what you load. That's why you'll see so many "get the vehicle and trailer weighed" posts.

AustinBoston

Quote from: brianradomskiHello  my  friends!  I  went  out  to  my  sration  wagon  and  founf  a  plate  inside  the  driver  door  that  reads  the  following:
GVWR 5830

This means that the total of everything - tow vehicle, passengers, luggage, fuel, optional equipment, and tongue weight - can not exceed 5830 lbs.

Quotefront gawr 2586

This means that the total of everything - tow vehicle, passengers, luggage, fuel, optional equipment, and tongue weight - can not put a load of more than 2586 lbs on the front axle.

QuoteREAR GAWR is  a  nice 3132

This means that the total of everything - tow vehicle, passengers, luggage, fuel, optional equipment, and tongue weight - can not put a load of more than 3132 lbs on the rear axle.

QuoteThis  has to  mean  that  my  rear  axel  is  built  to  carry  a 3,132 od load??  Well  if the  tongue  of    my  fold  a  wall  pop  up  is  ONLY  200  to  350  tyhen  i  have  NOTHING  to  worry bout! i  hope!

The three most important when towing, the GCWR, Max Tongue Weight, and Max Trailer Weight, aren't given, so you may not be OK.

Forget the "I hope" part.  Bring it to a scale (fully loaded) and get it weighed.

Austin