Psycho Mythic
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What does it mean on the inside of your door? I know my truck didnt weigh 6500lbs from the factory :dontknow:
GVWR?
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jrangel
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A gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) is the maximum allowable total mass of a road vehicle or trailer when loaded - i.e including the weight of the vehicle
Psycho Mythic
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Ohh, thanks. Is that for things like tire load limits and such?jrangel said:
Yep. And here in a VA, they use the GVWR to define maximum allowable bumper height dimensions for trucks, including those with altered suspensions (raised). Here's a little piece of information I found out about, sort of the hard way... When I owned my Chevy I was cited for a bumper height violation. Even though the truck was within the maximum allowable heights? Why was I cited even though I was within the height limits? In VA, they have different plates for passenger cars and trucks. My "truck" just happened to be registered and tagged with a "passenger car" tag, not a truck tag. Therefore, I was "illegal", height wise becasue my truck wasn't registered as a truck -- it was technically a "car" and the height allowances for my GVWR didn't apply. I had to get the truck registered as a truck, go to court and show the judge I registered it correctly, case dismissed. The moral of the story is GVWR's can be used for other things than weight allowances.
They can also be used to determine the price you pay for the tag.
Brat said:
Yep, and in VA, gotta love us...if your truck is registered as a truck and carries a "TR" tag, meaning "truck", your truck doesn't qualify for the personal property tax relief. Which means you pay more $$$ for personal property taxes.
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