flatout

sleeper dave you and i belong on another site this one was designed for above average income folks. (go to hotboat much friendlier crowd there) Everytime I ask a question here I get slammed. Oh and heaven forbid you say you get better milage in your truck than someone else, or that ford or chevy is better than the other people around here loose sleep over that stuff, lol.

for the guy that started this post, believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see.

Byrdman

So.....I registered it for 26g....was that wrong...I thought I was responsible for what is in tow also??...weight wise on registration.....oh boy!..and since it said that tow capacity gross weight...I thought this was the way to go..????????...make sure you look at my sticker in post 145!!!!

JCPERF

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stecz20

your fine.... if your trailer weight with boat is not near 26,000 you paid a little extra than needed.. other than that you did the right thing... do you know what the boat and trailer even weigh???

Byrdman

I wanted to know if that was the correct thing to do...26 or 17500....what is the law..

offthefront

iTrader: (1)

I heard somewhere that ford was going to put a diesel in the 150's ... a baby diesel ... ..... I have had the same thoughts about my Formula less than 12K ... and ONLY to pull the boat out at the ramp and then 2 miles (flat) to the house ... My dad has a 99 PS ford 250 ... 49K miles ....I'll prob be better off with that than a 150 .....

stecz20

bryd, the dmv will never tell you what you can reg a truck or trailer for.. they dont care, who does are the troopers, and county cops.. the more you reg a veh for teh more dmv makes, its all good to them... the veh will tell you what is legal... all you need to know it this..

Gross Combination Weight Rating....... (GCWR)

this is the maximum allowable weight of the towing vehicle and the loaded trailer including cargo, passengers and fuel that the vehicle can handle safely without risking costly damage.. The measured GCW must never exceed the GCWR, which in your case is 26,000...... if you reg for over this you are wasting your money cause you have the wrong tow veh, if you wreck you wont get paid... the only thing that over doing the GCWR does for you is that it insures that you wont get an over weight ticket, thats it...


you did the right thing, if you are close to that weight, which is 26,000.. if you are well below that, and i dont see how you can be you just wasted your money.. how much did it cost you to reg it??? 60.00

stecz20

at 17,500 you would have problems... you did the right thing.....

stecz20

GCW is the weight of the loaded vehicle, plus the weight of the fully loaded trailer. it is the actual weight when the vehicle and trailer are weighed on a scale.... just go to a public scale and find out what you are at....

FROGMAN524

back in 1974 i towed a 42 cig with the gremlin, no problemo.