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What Are The Different Weight Ratings?
Home » Automobiles » Trailer Hitches » What Are The Different Weight Ratings?Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) is the maximum amount of weight that a given vehicle can weigh, including its passengers, fuel and cargo, without being overloaded.
Gross Combined Weight Rating (GCWR) is the maximum a vehicle plus its trailer, including cargo, fuel, and passengers, can weight without being overloaded.
Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR) is the maximum weight an axle is rated to carry. It includes the weight of the axle.
Tow Rating is the manufacturer's figure for the maximum trailer weight a vehicle is rated to tow.
Axle Weight is the weight of an individual tow vehicle's axle, or the weight of a trailer's axle, or axles, but does not include the trailer's tongue weight.
Base Curb Weight is the weight of the empty vehicle, with a full fuel tank and the standard equipment.
Cargo Weight is the base curb weight, plus any additional weight that is added to that such as the trailer tonnage weight.
Maximum Loaded Trailer Weight is the maximum weight of your fully loaded trailer that you truck can tow.
Tonnage Weight is the amount of weight that pushes down on the trailer hitch.
Tow Weight is the rating by the manufacturer for how much combined weight the truck can pull with a loaded trailer.
If you have any doubts about the weight of your load, there are public scales used by truck driver located at most truck stops. Be sure to have you loaded vehicle weighted before you begin your trip.
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