At first glance, towing capacity seems easy to determine. Your car or truck can tow a certain amount of weight, and if you exceed that weight, you’re putting yourself and your vehicle at risk.

Load-Bearing Capacity (Bearing Pressure) Beyond total weight ratings, the load-bearing capacity (bearing pressure) describes the supported load per unit area (e.g., kg/m²). It accounts for pallet size ...

As with ancient hieroglyphics, a pickup truck’s payload metrics can seem indecipherable; a language of numerical values lost to time. There’s GVWR, GCVWR, payload and towing rates, not to mention all ...

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Once the power and towing bragging rights are out of the way, trucks are built to haul stuff, and payload rating is the value most often quoted to represent that. But where did that rating come from, ...

Many readers noted that the 2015 Ram 1500 Rebel in our had just 900 pounds of calculated — the word "calculated" is key here — payload capacity. As we noted in the story, we weighed both of our test ...

These rigs are capable of heavy hauling without breaking the bank.

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Perhaps no other vehicle segment is as obsessed about specifications and capabilities as full-size trucks. Midsize sedan models brag about best-in-class fuel economy, interior room, and trunk space, ...