What You Should Know About Wheels And Tires - Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Operating Instructions Manual

Step 3 Permissible cargo
and trailer load/
noseweight (maxi-
mum gross vehicle
weight rating from
the Tire and Loading
Information placard
minus the gross
weight of all occu-
pants)
The greater the combined weight of the occupants, the lower the maximum luggage load.
Further information can be found under "Towing a trailer" (
Vehicle identification plate
Even if you have calculated the total cargo
carefully, you should still make sure that the
gross vehicle weight rating and the gross axle
weight rating are not exceeded. Details about
this can be found on the vehicle identification
plate on the driver seat frame of your vehicle
( page 316).
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Gross vehicle weight: the gross weight of
the vehicle, all passengers, cargo and trailer
load/noseweight (if applicable) must not
exceed the permissible gross vehicle weight.
Gross axle weight rating: the maximum per-
missible load that can be carried by one axle
(front or rear axle).
To ensure that your vehicle does not exceed
the maximum permissible values (gross vehi-
cle weight and maximum gross axle weight
rating), have your loaded vehicle (including
driver, occupants, cargo, and full trailer load if
applicable) weighed on a suitable vehicle
weighbridge.
Trailer load/noseweight
The trailer load/noseweight affects the gross
weight of the vehicle. If a trailer is attached,
the trailer load/noseweight is included in the
load along with occupants and luggage. The

What you should know about wheels and tires

Example 1
1500 lbs
(680 kg)
Ò750 lbs
(340 kg) =
750 lbs (340 kg)
trailer load/noseweight is usually approx-
imately 10% of the gross weight of the trailer
and its load.
What you should know about wheels
and tires
Tire labeling
Overview
DOT, Tire Identification Number
:
(
Maximum tire load (
;
Example 2 Example 3
1500 lbs 1500 lbs
(680 kg) (680 kg)
Ò540 lbs Ò150 lbs (68 kg)
(245 kg) = = 1350 lbs
960 lbs (435 kg) (612 kg)
page 177).
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page 302)
Y
page 301)
Y
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