Can I legally haul more than my OEM weight sticker says?

[zzman]

My 2 cents on the original question,

When DOT performed the inspections on me (6 or 7 in past 4 yrs) they look at the GVW on the truck (on door sticker) and the trailer mfg sticker GVW and add them together. They check the truck registration, the registration must not be less than the combined GVW.

If your vehicle has been updated to carry more than the mfg rated, then I would suspect you would need a new mfg rating sticker.



I can not find anything on my truck (affixed to the truck) that states the max. towing weight.

I registered my truck for 34k lbs, truck is 11,500 + trailer is 22,500.

I have never been questioned about my weight. I do have a class A licence too.

my . 02

 

[HBarlow]

My 2 cents on the original question,
When DOT performed the inspections on me (6 or 7 in past 4 yrs) they look at the GVW on the truck (on door sticker) and the trailer mfg sticker GVW and add them together. They check the truck registration, the registration must not be less than the combined GVW.
If your vehicle has been updated to carry more than the mfg rated, then I would suspect you would need a new mfg rating sticker.

I can not find anything on my truck (affixed to the truck) that states the max. towing weight.
I registered my truck for 34k lbs, truck is 11,500 + trailer is 22,500.
I have never been questioned about my weight. I do have a class A licence too.
my . 02

That is the way it works.

Usually, if DOT has seen your CDL A they should not need to check your combined GVWR. With a CDL A you can haul any gross combined weight up to the registered weight on your truck and trailer limited only by 110k lbs. iirc.

They do check weight tags or scale weights if you only have an ordinary driver's license. That's where they nail a driver who exceeds 26k.

It's not possible to increase the manufacturer's GVWR. No manufacturer will recertify a vehicle after it is built and no procedures exist

 

[The patriot]

The OP says 46K lbs.