Posted by farmer boy on April 20, 2013 at 16:00:54 from (199.167.109.42):
In Reply to: towing questions posted by Super Steve on April 20, 2013 at 11:55:44:
Your truck is allowed to weigh 8600lbs. Whether the weight is payload, trailer pin weight, cargo and passengers, etc. The truck has max axle weights of 4500lbs for the front axle and 6000 lbs for the rear axle. Obviously these add up to more than 8600, so if you have 6000lbs on your rear axle, you're only allowed 2600lbs on the front axle. The next thing is the tires. You essentially have to have at least LT235/85/16(3042lbs@80psi) though I think these trucks came with LT265/75/16.(3415@80psi). You're allowed to put tires that have a max weight rating of say 2500lbs, but your rear axle weight limit effectively becomes 5000lbs. I honestly don't think Ontario enforces gcwr. The only place I know of that enforces it in Canada/US is BC. As long as you keep under max gvwr's and gawr's and tire capacitys then I wouldn't worry too much. Next thing is that in Ontario, if your trailer axle(s) weigh more than 3799lb, the gvwr on your truck registration has to include the weight of the trailer. If your registered weight is over 4499kgs, you have to get an annual safety. If your trailer has a gvwr of over 4599kgs, you have to have an A license, even if you're not towing more than 4599kgs. Tires that effectively give the trailer a gvwr of under 4599kgs MAY be the exception. I'm not sure where your 3500lbs comes from. That truck should weight around 6000-6500lbs, giving you 4000-4500lbs of ""legal"" towing capacity in that trailer.
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