Attention: TDR Forum Junkies i read jim anderson's article in the recent edition of tdr, and it was very concise and well written, on a subject that is near and dear to both me and our company. it pretty much states the scary thoughts that i've had for the last few years about the misconceptions of the bigger the truck the higher the towing capacity. the numbers pretty much show what i've been trying to say for a while here, that sometimes a bigger, heavier truck can actually reduce your towing cap legally. am i missing something here, or why else would a 3500 shortbed have a higher tow rating than a 3500 longbed? you would assume that the heavier and longer truck would have a higher rating, but obviously, dc has concerns about the frame rating, as the truck gets longer, there's no other difference that i can see in the two trucks, so what gives? 
I have no doubt that what the DC rep told you might well be true. If Murphy's Law strikes, however, the only numbers (i. e. , GVWR's, GCVWR's, GAWR's) that will count in the courthouse are those published by DaimlerChrysler. When push comes to shove, I doubt that you'll ever get that guy (or anyone else) from DC to testify to the above as an expert witness. 
