2013 chevy express payload 2360 pounds, what happens if i go a little over?

Check the manual rather than relying on some rando off the internet. Yeah a lot of us are trustworthy, but some of us are full of it, too. Maybe check Chevy's website for info direct from the source.

 

You have to understand that hauling on a trailer and in the van are two difference issues.

Your biggest issue is not the van and the damage you do but it is the legal and safety issues that you are to deal with because of an overloaded van.

 

The weight of the trailer is also on the van. It has hitch weight that is placed on the van, reducing the amount of weight the van can carry inside it.

 

It's been a while since I studied this, but there's two numbers on the door plaque. One is GVW or Gross Vehicle weight, the total amount of weight you can have on the vehicle, Van, you , fuel, cargo etc. The other is Gross Combined Vehicle Weight. Total weight of van, you, fuel, trailer and combined Cargo. Towing capacity is what the vehicle can tow. Tongue weight will depend on hitch type, equalizer or not, etc. Also, the Trailer will have a GVW. how much you can put on the trailer. How you balance that weight will have an affect on hitch Weight.

As far as overloading the van, and can you, you'll do that maybe once, maybe twice, but after you drive it you won't want to do it often. Was doing contract delivery for a company handling delivery for Office Max, those boxes of paper are #### heavy, and I was regularly up to Gross limit. Gets hairy at gross in city driving, sure wouldn't want to be over gross. Tough on the engine, transmission and brakes. Brake jobs aren't cheap and you'll warp the rotors quick if you're doing any stop and go driving over gross. And that 16mpg you think you'll get, over gross? Try 12-13 if you're lucky. That engine's going to work hard.

Quit the delivery job and went to courier work, easier on the van. Have a GMC 2500, but if I were to do it over again I'd have gotten an extended 3500 or a 2500 Sprinter (or now a Promaster). Missed a lot of $$ opportunities because of the lower volume/weight of the 2500. The added initial cost of the sprinter would have been made up for by the better fuel mileage and the expanded cargo capacity.

Just sayin'

 

Are you actually making money doing courier work?

 

"Making Money" is a relative term. Checks were usually gross about 750 to 800 a week, My goal after paying the van, Fuel, maint etc was to net no less than $150 a day. Usually less than 8 hour days, courier freight in that company dropped off to 0 after 4PM, or it became stuff that a smart car would be overkill to dispatch to such as small envelope stuff. Otherwise in the course of the day could be anything from air conditioner filters, furnaces, frozen fish, computer parts, furniture, electrical supplies, etc Made enough to pay the rent and food and such. Wife was waiting tables, we were able to put her money in savings. Weren't living large by any means, but not starving either.

Was doing it to pay the bills while on layoff, better than sitting around collecting unemployment. Was living in the Metro East, IL section of St. Louis area, would go to St. Louis side and pick up at an electrical and industrial supply warehouse, then the courier warehouse, maybe an office supply warehouse, a if I had room in the van, then head back to IL to do deliveries. Some days drop all the stuff and head home some days make a few pick ups in IL and take them back to St. Louis. Company was pretty good about reducing deadhead miles and doubling up on loads.

On a good day could gross 180 and only put 80 miles on the clock. Tried to get a buck a mile more or less in revenue, usually averaged about $0.80 a mile including deadheading to the first pickup and last drop off home. Tried to keep fuel cost down to 25 percent of revenue or less. At the time fuel prices were higher so I was doing about $.21 a mile in fuel in the GMC 2500. To be realistic I counted miles from when I first started the engine in the morning at home to when I shut down at home for the night.


Now back to the cube farm at my regular line of work, just different part of the country. Miss the courier gig though, not all that fun sitting in an office cranking out reports all day, although it does pay #### well. Also miss seeing the regular pick up/deliveries, shooting the bull with the customers. Hope to have the cube farm job for a few years, after that can take 'retirement' and depending on the state of the industry go back to either courier work or expediting. I'm one of those that genuinely loves driving, am amazed that I could actually get paid for it.

Yeah, with the right company and the right gig in the company, you can make a reasonable living, but you have to treat it like a business, keep costs down and maximize revenue.

 

Yes that's about what I made. Minus $300 a week for fuel and tolls and I'd make $450 for 5 days work. That's $90 for a 10 hour day. I could make more at Wal-Mart or McDonald's and not beat the crap out of my vehicle. It's a crap gig. If I was to ever get back to it I'd need at least 1,200 but ideally $1,500 a week, then it would make sense.

 

Last week I was stopped at the scale. I wasn't over weight but close...DOT officer called me into the dog house, checked my log book, checked my DL...Then we went out to the truck, he opened the door and checked the weight limit...I drive and F350 but it's not a duel... He said he caught many drivers going over the weight limits of the truck. BTW, this was an IL DOT who checked me.