Payload assuming your tires weigh 80 more a order then stock puts it around 980lbs

 

Best way to figger out how much weight you can carry? Go to a scale. Full tank of gas, one person in the truck, get the weight, subtract that from your GVWR, the remainder is how much additional weight you can legally carry.

That said..... I moved 5000 lbs of dirt in the bed of my 3/4 ton. WAY overloaded. The front was extremely light, and 35 was as fast as I was willing to go. (I didn't overload on purpose, I seriously underestimated the weight of dirt.....) Fortunately, I didn't have to go far.....

 

Well I guess when I’ll weigh my truck at the local recycling center cause this truck gave me lots of scrap. And the tires I got weigh 88 lbs plus 17 steel wheels prob a bit less then 120lbs a corner so much more weight then stock, but weighing it will show.

 

How did you come up with that number? The factory ratings and your legal ratings are two different things.

 

His tow rating is 5,720 assuming each tire weighs 80 pounds more, he actually said they are 120 pounds heavier, you subtract that from the rating and you get that. He didn't list his GCVWR

 

That's just the factory rating, which is meaningless to the DOT. Your legal rating is the sum of your axle ratings on both the truck and the trailer you are towing, you can't exceed any of those axle ratings and if your total weight is over 26K you need a CDL, unless you can prove its for personal use only, and even that is grey area in some States.

 

I understand that. And DOT varies by state here they don't care if your axles are rated for 20K if you are over your GCVWR or towing capacity it's illegal.

 

LOL never heard of that, how would they even know what those ratings are? They aren't going to take the time to google it.

 

Those ratings are actually printed on a sticker on the inside of the drivers door jamb.

 

The tow rating and GCVWR is? I have never seen that before, all I have seen are the axle ratings and GVWR on the door sticker.