Posted by Doug in IL on March 03, 2010 at 15:31:40 from (67.142.130.11):
In Reply to: question posted by Nancy Howell on March 03, 2010 at 14:33:06:
Ford has had some very silly ways of rating trucks for many years. I remember back in the eighties, they rated identical trucks at about 1/3 of the towing capacity with a manual transmission vs. the automatic. Remember there is nothing "legal" about those tow ratings anyway. They are merely ratings used for the warranty. Some trucks even used to say that right on the identification plate. "Warranty is void if indicated weight is exceeded". In this case, the single wheel is "rated" for more because the truck itself weighs less. Thus allowing more of the GVCW to be applied to the payload. This is often seen with 2 wheel vs. 4 wheel drive also. Because the 4 wheel itself weighs more, the 2 wheel drive is rated higher. The main thing to remeber is GVCR is pretty meaningless.
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