GVWR?

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  1. Powell-Peralta

    Powell-Peralta Road Train Member

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    What does GVWR mean for the tractor?

    Actually, might as well discuss GCWR and all the other G codes.
     
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  3. lovesthedrive

    lovesthedrive R.I.P.

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    GVWR=Gross Vehicle Weight Rating, Maximum load of vehicle and load.

    GCWR=Gross Carrying Weight Rating, Maximum load that the vehicle can carry.

    When you take your CDL Test, these answers are in the study book you can obtain from your loacal DMV
     
  4. CondoCruiser

    CondoCruiser The Legend

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    There's a plate or sticker in your door jamb that gives you them numbers.
     
  5. ronin

    ronin Road Train Member

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    GCWR is Gross COMBINED Weight Rating, for info, and indicates the maximum weight of the vehicle and its cargo combined.
     
  6. Powell-Peralta

    Powell-Peralta Road Train Member

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    Bascially, what i'm trying to get at is i saw on one tractor (don't remember which one---it could have been a K-100 or a freightliner columbia) the GVWR was 52,000 lbs.

    i know you guys said gvwr means max load + vehicle weight, but as you know we can and do go to 80,000lbs. What does the GVWR really mean? In other words, could a tractor have a lower GVWR and still do ok?
     
  7. josh.c

    josh.c Road Train Member

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    In the case of a truck-tractor, the GVWR on the build plate is the GVWR for the tractor as a single unit, just as if it was a straight truck not pulling a trailer.

    Picture a truck with a cab and bare frame rails. Now picture that truck with a bed on the back with a load on it. That truck with a GVWR of 52klbs can weigh 52klbs and not be over its GVWR. Now picture the same truck with a fifth wheel on it with a trailer hooked to it. That truck, as one unit in a truck/trailer combination still has a GVWR of 52klbs. As long as the tractor, as one unit, isn't over that 52klbs, it isn't over its GVWR. Does that make sense?
     
  8. MercerDriver

    MercerDriver Light Load Member

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    LOL.... yeah, they SHOULD be in the study book
     
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