Hot shot max payload weight confusion!! help?

Your plated rating is meaningless, the sticker on the door with the truck and on the plate on the trailer are the only thing that counts, the plate is there to show they collected taxes.

 

The GCWR for your truck is somewhere between 19500 and 22500 lbs. Check the sticker/plate on the drivers side door.

That is the TOTAL combined weight of the truck and trailer (including your load). You must be at or below the GCWR and at or below the rated axle weight for steers, drives, and trailer tandems.

 

You can’t run at higher gross weights than you are licensed for. And it also stands to reason you won’t [can’t] reguster (license) for more gross weight than the manufacturer states the vehicle can safely transport

 

The biggest thing holding you back is that 25k rated gooseneck ball. That's your max for now untill you upgrade that, & you didn't mention if the gooseneck coupler is a 25k or 30k, but you need a 30k there too..

16,320lbs is all I'd load on her till you get a 30k ball & coupler to match. When that's accomplished you can load another 5k on the deck assuming you stay within the axle ratings, the registered weight, & the 25k GVWR of said trailer + GVWR of said truck. I think your looking at 38-39k lbs gross depending on what the truck says in the door jam..

I'd re tag for less weight & get a refund from the IRP office because your paying for at least 3,000 lbs you'll never be able to realize.

Also, you'll kill a pickup in short order running it that heavy. You need this rig to live I'd guess 350k-400k to get out from under payments. Sure, Ford & Ram rate them for around 40k lbs if properly spek'd, but they are not running day in & day out at those weights. Keep your load weights as low as you can. The truck will live much longer if you can keep it in the 22k-30k lb range. Save the heavy loads for the really good paying freight, going short miles, because it will cost you the trucks longevity..

 

He actually never provided a GVWR for his Truck, only the axle ratings which do add up to 15500lbs, but having some knowledge of Ford pickups, the door jam of that truck says something like 13,000-13,500 GVWR.

Lets call it 38,500 lbs gross for sake of argument till OP lets us know. So actual payload will be around 20,700 if properly distributed..

Also I forgot to mention in my previous post that I'd also say you've got a major gooseneck ball location problem. It must be mounted slightly behind your rear axle as it is stealing weight off your steer.

It needs to be centered above the rear, or ideally 2" to 4" ahead of the rear axle. Its already robbing 220lbs off the steer while empty, it will be worse when loaded. It needs to be adding weight to the steer, or at a minimum at least maintaining the empty steer axle weight.

 

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