Every pickup truck has a GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating) which is the maximum weight your truck can carry (including all passengers, cargo, and fuel).
Mammoth does not recommend a vehicles GVWR is ever exceeded. Please be sure that your vehicle has a sufficient weight rating before purchasing a Mammoth UTV rack or ATV/Sled deck.
While most manufacturers ascertain payload capacity, you can likewise figure it out yourself. Before to getting to the math, however, you really want to comprehend how manufacturers have involved payload capacity values before and why those may not work with the present vehicles.
In-depth Calculations
If you see a truck publicized as a half-ton truck, the worth demonstrates an estimation of the payload capacity - or, it did during the 1960s. The present trucks convey considerably more than that, and the meaning of a half-ton truck shows a light-duty vehicle. To compute the payload capacity, you really want to realize both the curb weight and the GVWR. Take away the curb weight from the GVWR to track down the payload capacity. For instance, on the off chance that you have a light-duty truck with a GVWR of 9,000 pounds and a curb weight of 6,000 pounds, the payload capacity will be 3,000 pounds: GVWR - curb weight = payload capacity 9,000 pounds (GVWR) - 6,000 pounds (Curb Weight) = 3,000 pounds (Payload Capacity). This payload incorporates individuals and freight with practically no towing added. On the off chance that you had a trailer, you need to take away the tongue weight from the GVWR. For this equivalent model, assuming you had a trailer that weighs 2,000 pounds, the tongue weight would be 200 pounds. Every trailer will have the tongue weight specified on the information plaque. The complete payload capacity will now drop to 2,800 pounds: GVWR - curb weight - tongue weight = payload capacity while towing 9,000 pounds - 6,000 pounds - 200 pounds = 2,800 pounds Payload capacity will likewise diminish on the off chance that you add any post-retail choices onto the truck. Take away the weights of increments, for example, service bodies, towing connections, encased bodies, stages or dump bodies from the GVWR and the curb weight to compute the payload capacity. Ascertaining payload capacity just lets you know how much weight you can place into the truck. It mirrors the restrictions of the truck's suspension framework. In any case, with towing, a large part of the weight doesn't fall on the vehicle's axles. Rather, it's the trailer, which permits you to pull heavier weight than you can put inside the truck's bed or cab.
The easiest way to ensure that you are not overloading your truck is to research your pickup trucks payload capacity, or find it in the user manual.
From here, the calculation is simple. Subtract the weight of your cargo, the mammoth product, and (if applicable) the trailer you are towing's tongue weight from the payload. If you get a negative number, you are overloading your vehicle beyond its capabilities.