Hope this clears it up

It's to me that runniing a two car trailer would be very difficult, long term. If he was also was able to put freight on that trailer, he opens up more opportunities for himself. This is coming form a guy who runs a underpowered Ford and runs under 26,000. I focus on light weight, exclusive use, time sensitive freight. I can not pull a lot of weight (2000 7.3 f350) so I am not going to try ( I could but seen a lot of people tear up their equipment ) He does have contacts who he has been working with so that is a big plus. I believe he could work with the equipment he has now and focus on expanding his customer base close to his location.

 

And there's the confusion. I think its been pointed out already, but the GVWR is just that, gross weight. That's not what your truck and trailer weigh. That figure is the maximum weight you can be at including cargo. How much cargo is the difference between actual (tare) weight and gross weight allowed. You can go back to a 26k tag and not worry about IFTA at all. You do need to run your rig across a scale though so you can see how much you can haul.

 

...which is exactly what we've been trying to tell you!