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<blockquote data-quote="Silas Pradetto" data-source="post: 79993" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>Re: Enclosed Trailers</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And 10k GTW is the limit before you need a Class A CDL.</p><p></p><p>I just bought an E350 cutaway box van which came stock with an 11,500 GVW. Since it weighs 7,500 empty, that left 4,000 pounds of cargo capacity, which is not nearly enough. I upgraded the springs to bring the GVW up to 14,500 GVW (and registered the change with the DMV) allowing 7,000 or so of capacity. Loaded about 1 layer high (that is, nothing really stacked), I weighed in at a little over 14,000 pounds on a recent trip. </p><p></p><p>That is all to say that gear weighs a lot more than you think. If I can lightly load this truck with 7,000 of gear and have volume for double the gear in a 14' box, I could pretty easily get over 10,000 of gear in this truck and be way overweight.</p><p></p><p>My next truck is going to have to be a 'real' truck with the usual 26,000 pound non-CDL GVW.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silas Pradetto, post: 79993, member: 34"] Re: Enclosed Trailers And 10k GTW is the limit before you need a Class A CDL. I just bought an E350 cutaway box van which came stock with an 11,500 GVW. Since it weighs 7,500 empty, that left 4,000 pounds of cargo capacity, which is not nearly enough. I upgraded the springs to bring the GVW up to 14,500 GVW (and registered the change with the DMV) allowing 7,000 or so of capacity. Loaded about 1 layer high (that is, nothing really stacked), I weighed in at a little over 14,000 pounds on a recent trip. That is all to say that gear weighs a lot more than you think. If I can lightly load this truck with 7,000 of gear and have volume for double the gear in a 14' box, I could pretty easily get over 10,000 of gear in this truck and be way overweight. My next truck is going to have to be a 'real' truck with the usual 26,000 pound non-CDL GVW. [/QUOTE]
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